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GEOLOGIC TIMELINE 1
Test Description: Geologic time questions based on pages 8 and 9 of ESRT.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) How long did the Devonian Period last?
A
23 million years
B
57 million years
C
359 million years
D
416 million years
2) During which geologic period were the continents all part of one landmass, with North America and South America joined to Africa?
A
Triassic
B
Quaternary
C
Carboniferous
D
Ordovician
3) NYS contains no rock record from the ___________ Period.
A
Devonian
B
Periman
C
Jurassic
D
Paleogene
4) During which geologic period did the coal-forming forests occur?
A
Cretaceous
B
Silurian
C
Carboniferous
D
Cambrian
5) How many years ago did the Phanerozoic Eon begin?
A
4600 million years
B
65 million years
C
542 million years
D
4.6 billion years
6) During which geologic period did the initial opening of the Atlantic Ocean occur?
A
Cambrian
B
Triassic
C
Devonian
D
Jurassic
7) Which of the following major groups of organisms has existed for the longest time?
A
corals
B
dinosaurs
C
birds
D
nautiloids
8) Which organism existed before the dinosaurs?
A
flowering plant
B
trilobite
C
mastodont
D
grass
9) What event marked the end of the Mesozoic Era?
A
Mass extinction of dinosaurs
B
Mass extinction of stromatolites
C
Mass extinction of mastodonts
D
Mass extinction of trilobites
10) Which of the following index fossils existed during the Triassic Period?
A
Cooksonia
B
Phacops
C
Coelophysis
D
Eospirifer
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