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WorksheetsU2 - L4 - Geologic Time Scale
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which portion of the timeline is known as the "Age of Mammals"?
a)
Precambrian Time
b)
Paleozoic Era
c)
Mesozoic Era
d)
Cenozoic Era
2.
Which portion of the timeline is known as the "Age of Dinosaurs"?
a)
Precambrian Time
b)
Paleozoic Era
c)
Mesozoic Era
d)
Cenozoic Era
3.
Which is closest to the accepted age of the Earth?
a)
4,000
b)
4 million
c)
4 billion
d)
4 trillion
4.
Place the following in order starting with the OLDEST
1 Paleozoic
2 Cenozoic
3 Precambrian
4 Mesozoic
1 Paleozoic
2 Cenozoic
3 Precambrian
4 Mesozoic
a)
1 3 2 4
b)
3 1 4 2
c)
4 3 2 1
d)
2 3 1 4
5.
Precambrian Time accounts for ___% of Earth's History.
a)
10%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
90%
6.
Which type of animal appears earliest in the fossil record? (OLDEST)
a)
Reptiles
b)
Birds
c)
Dinosaurs
d)
Fish
7.
Which period begins the Paleozoic Era?
a)
Triassic
b)
Permian
c)
Cambrian
d)
Quaternary
8.
Which type of animal appears earliest in the fossil record? (OLDEST)
a)
Humans
b)
Dinosaurs
c)
Birds
d)
Amphibians
9.
No dinosaur fossils have ever been found _________ the tombstone layer.
a)
above
b)
below
10.
Cavemen lived at the same time as the dinosaurs.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
11.
Which type of life dominates the Precambrian Time?
a)
Dinosaurs
b)
Mammals
c)
Bacteria
d)
Humans
12.
The mostly deadly Mass Extinction (90% of species) occurs at the end of the...
a)
Paleozoic Era
b)
Mesozoic Era
c)
Cenozoic Era
d)
Precambrian Time
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