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Geological Time Scale

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

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.

Which fossil is the youngest?

a)

fossil A

b)

fossil B

c)

fossil C

d)

fossils A and B are the same age

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.

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

a)

Absolute age

b)

Relative age

c)

Real age

d)

New age

8.

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

9.

The same natural laws in Earth's history that are present today.

a)

Uniformitarianism

b)

Law of Superposition

c)

Catastrophism

d)

The Great Dying

10.

Mass extinction 252 million years ago... end of the Permian Period.

a)

Great Cambrian Explosion

b)

The Great Dying

c)

Uniformitarianism

d)

Eon

11.

When most of the major groups of animals first appear in the fossil record.

a)

Law of Superposition

b)

The Great Dying

c)

Great Cambrian Explosion

d)

Era

12.

Division of periods in geological history

a)

Eons

b)

Epoch

c)

Era

d)

Law of Superposition

13.

Chronological chart that shows the events and past lives of organisms in Earth's history.

a)

Geological Time Scale

b)

Cambrian Explosion

c)

Eon

d)

Era

14.
How old do Paleontologists believe the Earth is?
a)
2015 years old
b)
3.6 billion years old
c)
4.6 billion years old
d)
4.6 million years old
15.
The Geologic Time Scale is a record of what?
a)
old geologists
b)
sweet geology music
c)
the known history of rocks and fossils
d)
a list of every living thing ever
16.
Which is the most recent era of time- the one that we are currently in?
a)
Mesozoic 
b)
Paleozoic 
c)
Cenozoic 
d)
Precambrian 
17.

These specialized fossils indicate to geologists the boundaries in geological time and determine the age of rocks.

a)

Index fossils

b)

Limestone fossils

c)

Amber fossils

d)

Cast fossils

18.

This chronological time chart is broken into different time chunks, the largest being the Eon, then Era, Period, and Epoch.

a)

Timeline

b)

Calendar

c)

Geological time scale

d)

Time chart

19.

Preserved remains of plant and animals from the remote past are called _______________.

a)

Rocks

b)

Dinosaurs

c)

Strata

d)

Fossils

20.

In which of the following eras did humans first appear in the fossil record?

a)

Precambrian

b)

Paleozoic

c)

Mesozoic

d)

Cenozoic