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Geologic Time Questions Based On Pages 8 And 9 Of ESRT. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

How long did the Devonian Period last?
a) 23 million years
b) 57 million years
c) 359 million years
d) 416 million years

During which geologic period were the continents all part of one landmass, with North America and South America joined to Africa?
a) Quaternary
b) Triassic
c) Carboniferous
d) Ordovician

NYS contains no rock record from the ___________ Period.
a) Jurassic
b) Devonian
c) Paleogene
d) Periman

During which geologic period did the coal-forming forests occur?
a) Cambrian
b) Cretaceous
c) Carboniferous
d) Silurian

How many years ago did the Phanerozoic Eon begin?
a) 65 million years
b) 542 million years
c) 4600 million years
d) 4.6 billion years

During which geologic period did the initial opening of the Atlantic Ocean occur?
a) Devonian
b) Cambrian
c) Jurassic
d) Triassic

Which of the following major groups of organisms has existed for the longest time?
a) corals
b) birds
c) dinosaurs
d) nautiloids

Which organism existed before the dinosaurs?
a) grass
b) mastodont
c) flowering plant
d) trilobite

What event marked the end of the Mesozoic Era?
a) Mass extinction of stromatolites
b) Mass extinction of dinosaurs
c) Mass extinction of trilobites
d) Mass extinction of mastodonts

Which of the following index fossils existed during the Triassic Period?
a) Coelophysis
b) Phacops
c) Cooksonia
d) Eospirifer

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