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WorksheetsEarth Science, Ch 9, A View of Earth's Past, Sec 2 Quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Hadean, Archaen, and Proterozoic are in which era?
a)
Precambrian
b)
Paleozoic
c)
Mezozoic
d)
Quaternary
2.
How old is the Earth?
a)
46 billion years
b)
4 billion years
c)
.46 billion years
d)
4.6 billion years
3.
What came first?
a)
Palezoic
b)
Mesozoic
c)
Cenozoic
d)
Precambrian
4.
Describe Precambrian Time.
a)
makes up 88% of Earth's history. There are very little fossils from this time because it was so long ago and there was very little life on the planet at the time.
b)
It is based on Relative time and is compared to other times.
c)
It is present day
5.
Cyanobacteria created this gas during the Precambrian Era.
a)
Carbon Dioxide
b)
Hydrogen
c)
Nitrogen
d)
Oxygen
6.
What layers of the Earth is the lithosphere composed of?
a)
inner core and outer core
b)
crust
c)
crust and upper mantle
d)
crust and core
7.
The Era when life began was...
a)
cenozoic
b)
paleozoic
c)
mesozoic
d)
precambrian
8.
The longest Era was...
a)
Precambrian
b)
Paleozoic
c)
Mesozoic
d)
Cenozoic
9.
Cyanobacteria created this gas during the Precambrian Era.
a)
Carbon Dioxide
b)
Hydrogen
c)
Nitrogen
d)
Oxygen
10.
The single land mass that existed about 245 million years ago is named what?
a)
Fossil
b)
Pangea
c)
Bob
d)
Tectonic plates
11.
Paleozoic is an example of_________.
a)
an epoch
b)
an era
c)
a period
d)
an eon
12.
Trilobites are found in the _____________.
a)
Cenozoic
b)
Mesozoic
c)
Paleozoic
d)
Cretaceous
13.
The most recent era in our history according to the geological time scale is:
a)
Paleozoic
b)
Precambrian
c)
Mesozoic
d)
Cenozoic
14.
What era was the age of fish?
a)
Precambrian
b)
Palezoic
c)
Mesozoic
d)
Cenozoic
15.
What type of rock do fossils form in?
a)
Igneous
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Metamorphic
d)
Classic
16.
Lava pits are excellent sources for recovering fossils.
a)
True
b)
What's a lava pit?
c)
False
d)
Are you going in a lava pit to find out?
17.
An imprint of a living thing preserved in rock is a...
a)
extinct
b)
fossil
c)
ozone
d)
half-life
18.
The Precambrian is the ___________ time span in Earth's history.
a)
youngest
b)
latest
c)
earliest
d)
middle
19.
Paleozoic is an example of_________.
a)
an epoch
b)
an era
c)
a period
d)
an eon
20.
At the end of each era a major mass extinction occurred, many kinds of organisms dies out.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
The time between Precambrian and present time is divided into three long eras.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
Earth's crust formed during which era?
a)
Precambrian
b)
Paleozoic
23.
Paleozoic BEGAN with the early invertebrates.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
Near the end of the Paleozoic era reptiles became dominant.
a)
True
b)
False
25.
What are era's divided into?
a)
eons
b)
periods
c)
epochs
d)
eras
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