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GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The “calendar” for events in Earth history.

a)

relative dating

b)

absolute dating

c)

geologic time scale

2.

Age of Earth

a)

7.6 billion years

b)

4.6 billion years

c)

6.6 billion years

d)

6.5 billion years

3.

It means that how things work today is the same as they work before.

a)

laws of motion

b)

laws of nature

c)

laws of relative rock dating

4.

Which is the correct order of geologic time? largest - smallest

a)

eras, epochs, eons, periods

b)

eons, eras, periods, epochs

c)

epochs, eons, periods, eras

5.

The age of marine life.

a)

paleozoic

b)

mesozoic

c)

cenozoic

6.

The Age of Mammals

a)

Cenozoic

b)

Mesozoic

c)

Paleozoic

7.
The Triassic Period, the Jurassic Period, and the Cretaceous Period occurred in what era?
a)
Cenozoic
b)
Mesozoic
8.
Eras are subdivided into units of geologic time called periods.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
___________ a record of the geologic events and the evolution of life forms as shown in the fossil record. 
a)
Eras
b)
Geologic Time Scale
10.

In which time period are we currently living?

a)

Precambrian Time

b)

Paleozoic Era

c)

Mesozoic Era

d)

Cenozoic Era

11.

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

a)

Precambrian

b)

Paleozoic

c)

Mesozoic

d)

Cenozoic

12.

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

a)

Precambrian

b)

Paleozoic

c)

Mesozoic

d)

Cenozoic

13.

The end of an era, and the end of life for groups of organisms, is called?

a)

Death

b)

Mass extinction

c)

Transition

d)

Turning point

14.

The Age of Fishes

a)

Devonian Period

b)

Cambrian Period

c)

Vendian Period

d)

Silurian Period

15.

Age of Soft Bodied Animals

a)

Vendian Period

b)

Ordovician Period

c)

Cambrian Period

d)

Silurian Period

16.

A giant cloud of dust and gas in space.

a)

star

b)

nebula

c)

meteor

d)

earth

17.

Small mammals and birds also appeared.

a)

Cenozoic

b)

Paleozoic

c)

Mesozoic

18.

The first period of the Mesozoic Era and occurred between 251 million and 199 million years ago.

a)

Triassic Period

b)

Jurassic Period

19.

The _________ was the period of giant hard-shelled creatures: arthropods, insects and marine invertebrates.

a)

Permian

b)

Silurian

c)

Devonian

d)

Ordovician

20.

The solar system was forming within a cloud of dust and gas known as the solar nebula, which eventually spawned asteroids, comets, moons and planets.

a)

Hadean

b)

Archean

c)

Proterozoic

d)

Phanerozoic