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What epoch do we currently live in?
a) Holocene
b) Paleocene
c) Eocene
d) Miocene

What period of time are we presently living in?
a) Quaternary Period
b) Holocene Period
c) Cambrian Period
d) Jurassic Period

What is the name of the first period of geologic history?
a) Hadeon Period
b) Cambrian Period
c) Triassic Period
d) Precambrian Time

Reptiles were dominant during which era?
a) Precambrian Time
b) Paleozoic Era
c) Mesozoic Era
d) Cenozoic Era

Eras of the geologic time scale are divided into _________.
a) periods
b) epochs
c) eras
d) eons

If a fossil dissolves away, it can leave behind a cavity in the rock called a ____.
a) Mold
b) Cast
c) Carbonized
d) Amber

Which of the following would be classified as a trace fossil?
a) An insect preserved in amber
b) An imprint of a leaf in rock
c) a dinosaur footprint
d) Sediment that has filled a mold

Period on the geologic time scale are subdivided into ______.
a) Eons
b) Time
c) Epochs
d) Eras

Birds first appeared during which of the following eras?
a) Precambrian Time
b) Paleozoic Era
c) Mesozoic Era
d) Cenozoic Era

The earliest and longest span of Earth's history is ______.
a) Precambrian Time
b) Paleozoic Era
c) Mesozoic Era
d) Cenozoic Era

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