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Earth's History Quizziz Review_Jan 2022

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which type of fossil would look exactly like an actual body part of a once living thing?
a)
A mineral
b)
A trace
c)
A cast
d)
A footprint
2.

The remains this animal slowly disintegrated, leaving a hollow, detailed fossil. What type of fossil is this?

a)

Petrified

b)

Mold

c)

Cast

d)

Carbon Film

3.

Used to determine whether an object is older or younger than other objects

a)

Absolute Dating

b)

Relative Dating

4.
What is relative age/dating?
a)
The age of a fossil compared to the ages of another fossil.
b)
the number of years since the rock was formed
c)
The age of a fossil
5.

What is absolute age/dating?

a)

The approximate age of a fossil compared to the ages of another fossil.

b)

the EXACT number of years since the rock was formed

c)

The age of Earth

6.
The dinosaurs and reptiles were dominant in which Era?
a)
Precambrian
b)
Mesozoic
c)
Paleozoic
d)
Cenozoic
7.

The earliest span of time in Earth history is called...

a)

Precambrian time

b)

Phanerozoic time

c)

Homeroom

d)

Cenozoic time

8.
What periods are in the Palezoic era?
a)
Cambrian, Ordovician  Silurian,  Devoian,  Carboniferes, Permain, 
b)
Triassic, Cambrian, Silurian
c)
Tertiary, Ordovician,  Silurian, Devoian,
9.

Using the Geologic Time Scale, how many millions of years ago did the Mesozoic Era begin?

a)

65.5

b)

1.8

c)

252

d)

542

10.

_____ is the Age of the Reptiles.

a)

Paleozoic

b)

Mesozoic

c)

Cenozoic

d)

Archean

11.

_____ is the Age of Mammals.

a)

Paleozoic

b)

Mesozoic

c)

Cenozoic

d)

Archean

12.

Fossils usually form in _____ rocks.

a)

Igneous

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic

13.

Fossils provide evidence for all of the following EXCEPT for _____.

a)

changes in the Earth's surface

b)

how the Earth was originally formed

c)

how environments on Earth have changed over time

d)

how groups of organisms have changed over time

14.

Why did the sponges and worms from Precambrian time leave few fossils?

a)

there were not many sponges and worms

b)

they burned up in magma

c)

they only have soft body parts

d)

rocks did not form at that time

15.

Preserved Remains preserve

a)

remains of organisms with little or no change

b)

fossils completely unchanged

c)

a film OR coating of carbon on rock

d)

takes ONLY the shape of an organism