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Eras quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How were the Great Lakes created?

a)

Wind

b)

Glaciers

c)

Dinosaurs digging

d)

Pangaea

2.

What is the correct order of eras, from oldest to youngest?

a)

Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Paleozoic

b)

Mesozoic, Cenozoic, Paleozoic

c)

Paleozoic, Cenozoic, Mesozoic

d)

Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic

3.

The EARLY Paleozoic Era was known as:

a)

the Cambrian Explosion of lifeforms.

b)

the Age of Reptiles.

c)

the Precambrian Eon.

d)

the KT event.

4.

Which of the following DID NOT occur during the Paleozoic Era?

a)

Small mammals came out of their burrows to find that the dinosaurs were gone.

b)

The first appearance of life-forms with hard parts such as shells.

c)

Insects and plants moved onto land.

d)

Large tropical swamps in the Pennsylvanian period became the major coal deposits of today.

5.

The supercontinent of Pangaea existed during part of the the Mesozoic era.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

The asteroid (or comet) that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs struck the Earth in which of the following locations?

a)

off the northern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico

b)

in modern-day Arizona

c)

in what is now South Africa

d)

in the Siberian region of present-day Russia

7.

Which of the following types of organisms benefited the most from the extinction of the dinosaurs?

a)

birds and mammals

b)

fishes and invertebrates

c)

flowering plants and ferns

d)

trilobites and cephalopods

8.

The Cenozoic Era contained all of the following EXCEPT:

a)

velociraptor

b)

whales

c)

mammoths

d)

rhinoceros

9.

What is North America's only natural marsupial?

a)

Opposum

b)

White tailed deer

c)

Kangaroo

d)

Humans

10.

What is the geological era in which the dinosaurs reigned?

a)

The Paleozoic

b)

The Mesozoic

c)

The Proterozoic

d)

The Cenozoic

11.

In which era do we currently live?

a)

Jurassic

b)

Mesozoic

c)

Paleozoic

d)

Cenozoic

12.
Place the following in order starting with the OLDEST
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
13.
Which type of animal appears earliest in the fossil record?  (OLDEST)
a)
Reptiles
b)
Birds
c)
Dinosaurs
d)
Fish
14.

Which period begins the Paleozoic Era?

a)

Triassic

b)

Jurassic

c)

Cambrian

d)

Quaternary

15.
Which type of animal appears earliest in the fossil record?  (OLDEST)
a)
Humans 
b)
Dinosaurs
c)
Birds
d)
Amphibians
16.
Cavemen lived at the same time as the dinosaurs.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
17.
Which type of life dominates the Precambrian Time?
a)
Dinosaurs
b)
Mammals
c)
Bacteria
d)
Humans
18.
The Era when humans first appeared was...
a)
Cenozoic
b)
Mesozoic
c)
Paleozoic
d)
Precambrian
19.
During which geologic era did trilobites, mosses and ferns first appear in the fossil record?
a)
Paleozoic
b)
Mesozoic
c)
Cenozoic
d)
Precambrian
20.
What is a mass extinction?
a)
When all the species in a particular area on earth suddenly go extinct
b)
When multiple species from all over the earth suddenly go extinct 
c)
When one species goes extinct due to habitat changes
d)
When all life on earth is wiped out