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9.5 Age of Earth (Form 1)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Earth is about __________ yeras old.

a)

50.6 million years

b)

4.5 million years old

c)

4.5 billion years old

d)

4.5 trillion years old

2.

Who use the geological time scale to study the history of the Earth systematically?

a)

Geologist

b)

Biologist

c)

Botanist

d)

Zoologist

3.

Each era is divided into several periods.

a)

true

b)

false

4.

Which of the following answers are Era? (tick more than 1)

a)

Cenozoic

b)

Paleozoic

c)

Mesozoic

d)

Methozoic

5.

How can scientist find out the existence of the creature in the diagram?

a)

History books

b)

Movies

c)

Legend

d)

Fossils

6.

Geologist use radioactive dating to find the absolute age of rocks.

a)

true

b)

false

7.

A _____________________ is the remains or evidence of an ancient organism.

a)

paleontologist

b)

preserved

c)

fossil

d)

extinct

8.

Why is it important to study fossils?

a)

Fossils are fun to study.

b)

Fossils are fortune tellers.

c)

Fossils are evidence of organisms that lived long ago.

d)

Fossils are found everywhere in the world.

9.

When something is _____________________ it no longer exists.

a)

preserved

b)

fossil

c)

extinct

10.

Between insects and flowering plants, which appeared on Earth first?

a)

Insects

b)

Flowering plant

11.

When did fish first appear on Earth?

a)

1000 million years ago

b)

500 million years ago

c)

100 million years ago

12.

What is the picture show?

a)

Biological time scale

b)

Geological time scale

c)

Physical time scale

13.

When did seaweeds first appear on Earth?

a)

100 million years ago

b)

500 million years ago

c)

1000 million years ago

d)

2000 million years ago

14.

Which period below found in Mesozoic era?

a)

Permian

b)

Triassic

c)

Jurassic

d)

Cretaceous

15.

Devonian, Silurian and Carboniferous exist in ...

a)

Paleozoic

b)

Mesozoic

c)

Cenozoic