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Geologic History and Human Impact Exam

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the accepted age of the Earth?

a)

4.6 Million Years

b)

4.6 Billion Years

c)

4.6 Trillion Years

d)

13 Billion Years

2.

Which of these did not help to create the Geologic Time Scale?

a)

Rock Layers

b)

Fossil index

c)

Relative dating

d)

Written Records

3.

The majority of Earth's history was spent in which Era?

a)

Precambrian

b)

Paleozoic

c)

Mesozoic

d)

Cenozoic

4.

Which of these is the smallest division of time we use for Geologic Time?

a)

Era

b)

Eon

c)

Period

d)

Epoch

5.

Which of these is a description that matches Absolute Age?

a)

A guess of when something happened

b)

An order of events

c)

The exact date of an event

d)

Future events

6.

What Era of the Earth do we live in now?

a)

Paleozoic

b)

Cenozoic

c)

Precambrian

d)

Mesozoic

7.

What usually ends a Era?

a)

An extinction event

b)

A newly formed mountain

c)

Every 4 millions years

d)

Every 2 billion years

8.

According to the Law of Superposition, which of these layers is the oldest?

a)

The top layer

b)

The darkest layer

c)

The bottom layer

d)

The lightest layer

9.

If I were looking for Dinosaurs, which Era should I set my time machine for?

a)

Precambrian

b)

Paleozoic

c)

Mesozoic

d)

Cenozoic

10.

When did the 1st mass extinction occur?

a)

Precambrian

b)

Paleozoic

c)

Mesozoic

d)

Cenozoic

11.

What is the dominant land animal of the Cenozoic Era?

a)

Amphibians

b)

Mammals

c)

Reptiles

d)

Fish

12.

Looking at the image, is A considered to be an intrusion?

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Fossils are preserved remains of plants and animals from the distant past.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

What is the main cause of most environmental problems on the planet?

a)

Deforestation

b)

Land usage

c)

Growing population

d)

Water usage

15.

A group of the same species at the same time and place is known as

a)

habitat

b)

population

c)

environment

d)

consumption

16.

A small oil spill is confined to that specific area it spilled in.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

How do humans negatively impact the environment?

a)

using excessive resources

b)

using resources too quickly

c)

producing & releasing harmful substance into the environment

d)

all of the above

18.

As human populations and per capita consumption of natural resources increase, the negative impacts on Earth increase.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

What are some things we can do to prevent or reverse the negative effects of human behavior?

a)

Reduce consumption

b)

Reuse products

c)

Recycle products

d)

Throw away more products

20.

Plastic bags are a threat or hazard to marine life because...

a)

Sea animals might want to eat them and choke.

b)

Sea animals might eat them and get their intestines clogged.

c)

Sea animals might get entangled with bags and drown/starve

d)

Sea animals do not eat plastic