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Worksheets2.2.2b The Geological Column (OCR Geology)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which geological period is the most recent
Triassic
Cretaceous
Devonian
Cambrian
Which geological period was well know for its abundant trees and deltas
Devonian
Cambrian
Carboniferous
Triassic
What event marks the end of the permian period
A meteorite impact
A mass extinction
Formation of Pangea
Extinction of T-Rex
Which geological period fits between the triassic and the carboniferous
(a)
What is the term given to the largest unit on the geological column
Era
Period
Epoch
Eon
In which geological period are we living today
Cenozoic
Triassic
Neogene
Quaternary
Which geological era is well known for its abundance of large scale reptilian life (dinosaurs!)
Cenozic
Phanerozic
Mesozoic
Palaeozoic
Which of the below geological periods is the longest ago
Neogene
Jurassic
Ordovician
Silurian
Which geological era is well defined by the zone fossil ammonoids
Palaeozoic
Phanerozoic
Mesozoic
Cenozoic
The carboniferous is in which geological era
(a)
Between which 2 geological periods was the largest mass extinction seen in the geological past
Cretaceous - Palaeogene
Neogene - Quaternary
Cambrian - Ordovician
Permian - Triassic
In which geological period did the trilobite pictured most likely live?
Cretaceous
Triassic
Permian
Quaternary
Attempts to join distant exposures of rock across whole continents using fossils of the same age is known as
Absolute dating
Biostratigraphy
Geological Column
Radiometric Dating
Which geological period marks the earliest in the Phanerozoic and the start of abundant fossil life
(a)
Which geological period does the pictured fossil most likely come from
Quaternary
Cretaceous
Jurassic
Cambrian
Which geological period is the oldest in the mesozoic
(a)
Which of these geological periods belong in the Cenozoic
Quaternary
Cretaceous
Ordovician
Neogene
Which of these geological periods matches the age range provided (359Ma - 419Ma)
Cretaceous
Neogene
Devonian
Cambrian
Through what process have the absolute ages of the rocks within the geological column being confirmed
Biostratigraphy
Relative dating
Carbon dating
Radiometric Dating
What is the most ancient period within the cenozoic?
(a)
