WorksheetsGeological History
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 50mins
The end of life for a group of organisms, usually a species, is called a(n) ________________.
Extinction
Retirement
Endangerment
Catastrophe
Preserved remains of plant and animals from the remote past are called _______________.
Rocks
Dinosaurs
Strata
Fossils
Approximately how old is the Earth?
4.6 billion years old
4.6 million years old
5 billion years old
5 million years old
This chronological time chart is broken into different time chunks, the largest being the Eon, then Era, Period, and Epoch.
Timeline
Calendar
Geological time scale
Time chart
These specialized fossils indicate to geologists the boundaries in geological time and determine the age of rocks.
Index fossils
Limestone fossils
Amber fossils
Cast fossils
What division of time was the longest ?
Paleozoic
Mesozoic
Cenozoic
Precambrian
What era did dinosaurs go extinct ?
Paleozoic
Mesozoic
Cenozoic
London is studying the geological time scale. Which era would London find Humans in?
Precambrian
Cenozoic
Paleozoic
Mesozoic
In what era did the first land plants appear?
Silurian
Mesozoic
Paleozoic
