WorksheetsEarth's History Quizziz Review_Jan 2022
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 45mins
The remains this animal slowly disintegrated, leaving a hollow, detailed fossil. What type of fossil is this?
Petrified
Mold
Cast
Carbon Film
Used to determine whether an object is older or younger than other objects
Absolute Dating
Relative Dating
What is absolute age/dating?
The approximate age of a fossil compared to the ages of another fossil.
the EXACT number of years since the rock was formed
The age of Earth
The earliest span of time in Earth history is called...
Precambrian time
Phanerozoic time
Homeroom
Cenozoic time
Using the Geologic Time Scale, how many millions of years ago did the Mesozoic Era begin?
65.5
1.8
252
542
_____ is the Age of the Reptiles.
Paleozoic
Mesozoic
Cenozoic
Archean
_____ is the Age of Mammals.
Paleozoic
Mesozoic
Cenozoic
Archean
Fossils usually form in _____ rocks.
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Fossils provide evidence for all of the following EXCEPT for _____.
changes in the Earth's surface
how the Earth was originally formed
how environments on Earth have changed over time
how groups of organisms have changed over time
Why did the sponges and worms from Precambrian time leave few fossils?
there were not many sponges and worms
they burned up in magma
they only have soft body parts
rocks did not form at that time
Preserved Remains preserve
remains of organisms with little or no change
fossils completely unchanged
a film OR coating of carbon on rock
takes ONLY the shape of an organism
