WorksheetsFossils, Age, Geologic Time
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which is the correct order of geologic time?
a)
Era >Eon >Period >Epoch
b)
Eon >Era >Period >Epoch
c)
Epoch >Period >Era >Eon
d)
Era >Eon > Epoch >Period
2.
Paleozoic, Mesozoic & Cenozoic are all
a)
Epochs
b)
Eras
c)
Periods
d)
Eons
3.
Which era are we currently in?
a)
Precambrian
b)
Mesozoic
c)
Cenozoic
d)
Paleozoic
4.
Life first appeared in the
a)
Precambrian
b)
Paleozoic
c)
Mesozoic
d)
Cenozoic
5.
Which of the below eras happened first?
a)
Cenozoic
b)
Mesozoic
c)
Paleozoic
6.
What era is the "age of dinosaurs?"
a)
Cenozoic
b)
Jurassic
c)
Mesozoic
d)
Paleozoic
7.
Most of the fossils found in Virginia are marine organisms. This means Virginia was probably once covered by the
a)
Ocean
b)
Volcanoes
c)
Grassland
d)
Pavement
8.
Fossil remains of previous life forms can be preserved in all of the following EXCEPT
a)
tar sands
b)
lava pits
c)
sedimentary rocks
d)
ice
9.
This fossils type comes from the actual organism
a)
original remains
b)
mold
c)
cast
d)
trace fossil
10.
This fossil is when sediments fill the cavity left by the impression of an organism
a)
cast
b)
mold
c)
trace
d)
index
11.
Age of Life
a)
Mesozoic
b)
Cenozoic
c)
Precambrian
d)
Paleozoic
12.
Recent Life
a)
Paleozoic
b)
Mesozoic
c)
Cenozoic
d)
Cambriozoic
13.
88% of Geologic Timeline
a)
Paleozoic
b)
Premature
c)
Precambrian
d)
Cambrian
14.
The largest chunk of geologic time is
a)
an era
b)
an eon
c)
a period
d)
an epoch
15.
The correct order of the following periods are
a)
Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic
b)
Mesozoic, Cenozoic, Paleozoic
c)
Paleozoic, Cenozoic, Mesozoic
d)
None of These
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