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WorksheetsGeologic Time Scale - Student Created Questions
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 23mins
What Eon are we currently living in?
Phanerozoic
Hadeon
Proterozoic
Archean
What would be a correct example of a Coprolite
Bones
Animal Droppings
Molds
Mummy
Which of the following Periods are we in right now?
Triassic
Quaternary
Neogene
Devonian
Which of the following is NOT a way that something can be preserved?
Mummification
Fossilization
Melting
Freezing
What is the Devonian Period most known for?
Age of Fishes
Age of Mammal
Age of Reptiles
Age of Plants
How old is Earth hypothesized to be?
8.9-10 billion years old
4.5-5.4 million years old
5.4-6.5 billion years old
4.5-4.6 billion years old
Geologic Time is typically divided by clear changes
True
False
Which is an Eon?
Paleozoic
Cambrian
Precambrian
None of the above
What is it called when minerals replace wood in something like a tree?
Amber
Petrification
Cryofreeze
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Humans are older than Dinosaurs.
True
False
We live in the Neogene period
True
False
What is paleontology?
Study of the geological time scale
Study of rocks
Study of fossils
Study of cells
What is fossilization?
Preserved fossils
The time period the fossil was alive in
Only trace fossils
Something I know nothing about
What did Gastroliths were found
at the bottom of the sea
in dinosaurs stomach
in animal droppings
Which is NOT a form of fossilization?
Mummification
Amber
Pressurization
Freezing
Which of the following describes the rule that sedimentary rocks are found with the oldest layers on the bottom and the youngest on top?
Law of Superposition
Principle of Original Horizontality
Principle of Uniformitarianism
Law of Strata Layering
What eon, era, period, and epoch are we in?
Precambrian, Cenozoic, Neogene, Miocene
Precambrian, Paleozoic, Cretaceous, Pleistocene
Phanerozoic, Cenozoic, Quaternary, Holocene
Phanerozoic, Mesozoic, Permian, Oligocene
What does the suffix “zoic” mean?
“Years ago”
“Fossil”
“Time”
“Animal life”
The history of geological time began with the human interest in mining.
True
False
What does the suffix “zoic” mean?
Plant Life
Animal Life
Era
Hundred million years
Eras can be subdivided into
Eons
Epochs
Geologic Time
Periods
Which of the following would cause an organism to mummify?
Microbe-free ice caps
Thick petroleum pit
Thick petroleum pit
A dry desert
What is the Cenozoic Period?
Age of Reptiles
Age of Fishes
Age of Mammals
Age of Dinosaurs
What is the largest span of time?
Eras
Periods
Eon
Epochs
What is the earliest span of time?
Precambrian Eon
Paleozoic Era
Holocene Epoch
Jurassic Period
Which type of fossil DOES NOT replicate the shape of the animal/plant?
Cast
Imprints
Trace Fossil
Coprolites
What are the different types of fossilization?
Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic
Freezing, Amber, Tarpit, mummification, and petrification
Eras, epochs, and periods
What is the relative age?
Largest unit of geologic time
Carbonized Imprints
Age of rock layers based on the age of rock layers around it.
Fossilized animal droppings
What is a geologic column based on?
Fossils’ ages
Periods
Relative ages of rocks
The era in which the fossil is in
Which period saw the rise of man?
Ordovician
Tertiary
Quaternary
Triassic
Tyrannosaurus rex lived in the cretaceous period
True
False
Where are the youngest rocks found, normally?
top
middle
bottom
in-between
What is the principle of original horizontally?
Everything is horizontal
Rocks will stay in a horizontal order no matter what
Rocks will stay in a horizontal order unless disturbed
Fish swim horizontally
