Earth Science Quiz-History of Life on Earth Part 1

What era did the formation of the earth occur?

• Paleozoic

• Precambrian

• Cenozoic

• Cambrian

How old do Paleontologists believe the Earth is?

• 2019 years old

• 3.6 billion years old

• 4.6 billion years old

• 4.6 million years old

What era did trilobites, fishes, and other marine organisms dominate?

• Precambrian

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

• Cenozoic

The dinosaurs and reptiles were dominant in which Era?

• Precambrian

• Mesozoic

• Paleozoic

• Cenozoic

Which of the following correctly lists the geologic time  periods in order from OLDEST to MOST RECENT?

• Precambrian, Mesozoic, Paleozoic, Cenozoic
• Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Paleozoic, Precambrian
• Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic
• Mesozoic, Paleozoic, Precambrian, Cenozoic

What event marks the end of each geologic area?

• 1 million years
• burst of new life forms
• mass extinction
• ice age

During which geologic era did trilobites, mosses and ferns first appear in the fossil record?

• Paleozoic
• Mesozoic
• Cenozoic
• Precambrian

During the Mesozoic Era we find the following Periods:

• Cretaceous, Permian, Cambrian
• Silurian, Cambrian, Devonian
• Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous
• Triassic, Jurassic, Devonian

What is this a picture of?

• plate tectonics
• continental drift
• pangea
• glacier scaring

What does the theory of continental drift state?

• The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
• Continents are stationary and do not move
• The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
• none of the above