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Geologic Time
Test Description: Earth timeline and evolution questions
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1) What evidence do scientists use to assemble the geologic time scale.
A
They look at the plants and animals on the Earth today.
B
Present day arrangement of the continents
C
They use history recorded by people a long time ago
D
Fossils and rock layers
2) What is the name of the Era that takes up most of Earth's timeline but has very primitive plants and animals.
A
Mesozoic
B
Pre-Cambrian
C
Paleozoic
D
Cenozoic
3) At the beginning of time, the Earth was going through which processes?
A
cooling from a ball of magma, atmosphere forming, oceans forming
B
The Earth climate was stable and Pangea broke apart
C
global warming and climate change
D
Transitions from ice ages to warm climates
4) The Era of Earth's history dominated by marine life.
A
Mesozoic
B
Paleozoic
C
Cenozoic
D
Pre-Cambrian
5) At the end of each Era there was a
A
Explosion of life
B
Mass extinction
C
Meteor shower
D
Big earthquake
6) During the Paleozoic Era,
A
most life was in the oceans
B
land plants begin to form
C
all of these
D
the first reptiles emerge
7) The era of Earth's history dominated by reptiles including dinosaurs.
A
Pre-Cambrian
B
Mesozoic
C
Paleozoic
D
Cenozoic
8) The era of Earth's history dominated by mammals and flowering plants.
A
Paleozoic
B
Cenozoic
C
Mesozoic
D
Pre-Cambrian
9) Scientists believe the continents are moving which would explain Pangea - what causes the continents to move?
A
Sea floor spreading and subduction
B
weathering and eroision
C
climate change
D
They are floating on water
10) The eras of Earth time go in which order(from beginning to present)
A
Pre-Cambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic
B
Paleozoic, Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Pre-Cambrian
C
Mesozoic, Pre-Cambrian, Cenozoic, Paleozoic
D
Cenozoic, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Pre-Cambrian
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