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Geologic Time Scale

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the earliest eon?

a)

archaean

b)

hadean

c)

proterozoic

d)

phanerozoic

2.

Earth has been existing for how many years now?

a)

approximately 2 million years

b)

around 3 millions years

c)

about 4.5 billion years

d)

approximately 5 billion years

3.

On what eon stromatolites, the first life forms, flourished?

a)

archaen

b)

hadean

c)

phanerozoic

d)

proterozoic

4.

What is the current eon we are in?

a)

archeaan

b)

hadean

c)

phanerozoic

d)

proterozoic

5.

What is the smallest time increment in the geologic time scale?

a)

eon

b)

epoch

c)

era

d)

ages

6.

What era did dinosaurs dominate the earth?

a)

cenozoic

b)

mesozoic

c)

paleozoic

d)

phanerozoic

7.

The Paleozoic era started with a Cambrian explosion.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

On what era did trilobites appear on earth?

a)

cenozoic

b)

mesozoic

c)

paleozoic

d)

phanerozoic

9.

What are the first land organisms inhabited the earth during the paleozoic era?

a)

amphibians

b)

mammals

c)

plants

d)

primates

10.

What is considered the greatest extinction in the geologic time history?

a)

cambrian explosion

b)

great dying

c)

cretaceous-paleogene extinction

11.

Which era is considered as the "Age of Reptiles"

a)

cenozoic

b)

mesozoic

c)

phanerozoic

d)

paleozoic

12.

According to geologists and paleontologists, what is the main cause of cretaceous-paleogene extinction?

a)

asteroid that struck the earth

b)

volcanic eruption

c)

sudden change in global temperature

d)

existence of mammals

13.

Which of the following organisms did not thrive during the cenozoic era?

a)

flowering plants

b)

mammals

c)

non-avian dinosaurs

d)

primates

14.

On what era did Ice Age happen?

a)

cenozoic

b)

mesozoic

c)

paleozoic

15.

How does one era end and begin another era based on the events in the geologic time scale?

a)

sudden change in temperature

b)

mass extinction

c)

movement of land forms

d)

existence of humans