Earth History Unit Exam Review

Which date is the best estimate to the age of the earth, according to the scientific geologic time scale?

• 14 million years

• 14 billion years

• 4.6 million years

• 4.6 billion years

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Most of the life forms during the Precambrian Era were ________________.

• Unicellular

• Multicellular

• Mammals

• Reptiles

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

What types of events marked the end of a period?

• Global Climate Change

• Appearance of new adapted/evolved organisms

• Mass Extinction

• None of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

During the Paleozoic Era, the continents were together in a super-continent known as ______

• Gondwana

• Pangaea Ultima

• Pangaea

• Anteurasiafricalia

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What evidence in the rock strata is used to prove the existence or Pangaea?

• Fossils

• Glacier markings

• Rock strata

• None of the choices

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Identify which cause HAS NOT lead to a mass extinction globally.

• Climate Change

• Hunting/Poaching

• Asteroid Collision

• Global volcanic activity

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

The Paleozoic Era lasted from ____ to ____

• 65-0

• 250-65

• 550-250

• 860-550

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which of the following periods is NOT from the Cenozoic Era?

• Quaternary

• Neogene

• Jurassic

• Paleogene

Which ERA represents the longest period of time in the Phanerozoic Eon.

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

• Jurassic

• Precambrian

Which pie graph best represents the percentage of total time for the four division of the geologic time scale?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4