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Geological Time Scale

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which time period are we currently living?

a)

Precambrian Time

b)

Paleozoic Era

c)

Mesozoic Era

d)

Cenozoic Era

2.

Jellyfish are one of the oldest species on Earth. In what time period did they first appear?

a)

Precambrian Time

b)

Paleozoic Era

c)

Mesozoic Era

d)

Cenozoic Era

3.

In what time period did Pangaea, the super continent, appear?

a)

Precambrian Time

b)

Paleozoic Era

c)

Mesozoic Era

d)

Cenozoic Era

4.

Dinosaurs, small mammals, and birds are found in this time period.

a)

Precambrian Time

b)

Paleozoic Era

c)

Mesozoic Era

d)

Cenozoic Era

5.

Which fossil is the youngest?

a)

fossil A

b)

fossil B

c)

fossil C

d)

fossils A and B are the same age

6.

What is the importance of studying fossils?

a)

to provide information about how current life forms would exist in previous environmental conditions

b)

to provide information about how life and environmental conditions may have changed

c)

to provide information about how previous life forms would exist in current environmental conditions

7.

6. A branch of geology dealing with the arrangement of sedimentary rock layers or strata?

a)

Stratigraphy

b)

Geography

c)

Photography

d)

Biography

8.

Geologists assume the newest rock layers are on top of the older ones, unless some type of disturbance occurs, in known as …

a)

Law of Inclusions

b)

Law of Crosscutting

c)

Law of Conservation

d)

Law of Superposition

9.

Determines the “relative” order of past events but not the absolute age.

a)

Absolute age

b)

Relative age

c)

Real age

d)

New age

10.

Uses the decay of radioactive elements to find the ___________________________ of a rock or fossil.

a)

Relative age

b)

Absolute age

c)

New age

d)

Real Age