WorksheetsGTS Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which part of the GTS is the time of dinosaurs?
Precambrian Time
Paleozoic Era
Mesozoic Era
Cenozoic Era
Which part of the GTS is the time of invertebrates such as bizarre sea creatures?
Precambrian Time
Paleozoic Era
Mesozoic Era
Cenozoic Era
Which part of the GTS is the time of mammals?
Precambrian Time
Paleozoic Era
Mesozoic Era
Cenozoic Era
Which part of the GTS is the time of chaos, like meteor impacts, intense solar radiation, and volcanic eruptions?
Precambrian Time
Paleozoic Era
Mesozoic Era
Cenozoic Era
A scientists that studies fossils is called a
paleontologist
geologist
biologist
chemist
A scientists who studies Earth is called a
paleontologist
geologist
biologist
chemist
A(n) ___ event is a change in the living things on Earth.
transformation
evolution
extinction
geology
A(n) ___ event is a change in the Earth or surface of the Earth.
transformation
evolution
extinction
geology
A(n) ___ event is when all members of a species die.
transformation
evolution
extinction
geology
__ is a change over long periods of time
transformation
evolution
extinction
geology
__ dating is when scientists determine which fossils are older or newer based on the layers of rock.
Absolute
Relative
__ dating is when scientists determine an actual age (in numbers) of a fossil based on the ratio of elements that have decayed.
Absolute
Relative
Older layers of rock are __ and newer layers of rock are __.
at the bottom; at the top
at the top; at the bottom
smaller; bigger
lighter in color; darker in color
A new section of the GTS occurs after
1 million years
a major event, like a mass extinction
things have been the same for a long time
there is a new organism that evolves
The record of the GTS is found in
stories passed down from generation to generation
cave paintings
written works of scientists from long ago
fossils
