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WorksheetsGeologic Time Scale
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How many millions of years did the Mesozoic age last?
a)
248my
b)
183 my
c)
144my
d)
104
2.
In what geologic period did the first forests appear?
a)
Devonian
b)
Silurian
c)
Jurassic
d)
Ordovician
3.
During what period were the Palisades of the Hudson River formed?
a)
Cretaceous
b)
Jurassic
c)
Triassic
d)
Permian
4.
During what period were the Palisades of the Hudson River formed?
a)
Cretaceous
b)
Jurassic
c)
Triassic
d)
Permian
5.
There were great coal forming swamps in North America and Europe _____________million years ago.
a)
206
b)
290
c)
354
d)
323
6.
Which developed earlier, the first birds or the first fish?
a)
fish
b)
birds
c)
they developed at the same time
7.
Which era lasted longer?
a)
cenozoic
b)
mesozoic
c)
paleozoic
8.
Which era do we call the age of the invertebrates?
a)
cenozoic
b)
mesozoic
c)
paleozoic
9.
Which era do we call the age of the invertebrates?
a)
cenozoic
b)
mesozoic
c)
paleozoic
10.
Which one of these epochs in the Cenozoic is the most recent?
a)
Holocene
b)
Pilocene
c)
Miocene
d)
Eocene
11.
Which is older, the Pennsylvanian or the Mississippian in the Carboniferous period?
a)
Pennsylvanian
b)
Mississippian
c)
They are both the same age
12.
Trilobites died out and corals were abundant . Salt forming deserts in western US and an ice age in South America. When was this?
a)
Precambrian
b)
Triassic
c)
Devonian
d)
Permian
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