Geological Time Scale Review - Part 3

Towards the end of Late paleozoic era, Mountain ranges formed, coal swamps dried up, and climates became cooler and drier due to _______

• mass extinction

• volcanic eruption

• meteorite impact

• formation of Pangea

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

When ocean water covers part of a continent, a(n) ________ forms.

• coal swarm

• wet land

• inland sea

• glacier

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Pangea was a supercontinent

• True

• False

Which was true of North America during the Early Paleozoic?

• It had many glaciers

• It was at the equator

• It was part of the supercontinent

• It was populated with reptiles

Name all periods in Paleozoic Era in proper Sequence starting from the earliest to the latest.

• Permian, Carboniferous, Devonian, Silurian, Ordovician, Cambrian

• Cambrian, Carboniferous, Devonian, Permian, Silurian, Ordovician

• Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian

• Cambrian, Silurian, Permian, Devonian, Ordovician, Carboniferous

Select the correct order - Starting from the oldest era

• Precambrian, Mesozoic, Paleozoic, Cenozoic

• Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic

• Mesozoic, Precambrian, Paleozoic, Cenozoic

• Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Paleozoic, Precambrian

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The longest time unit in the geological time scale is the ________

• era

• eon

• period

• epoch

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Era are sub-divided into _________

• eons

• epochs

• periods

• scales

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Many boundaries in the geologic time scale are marked by the occurrence of________

• mass explosion

• meteorite impact

• mass extinction

• volcanic eruption

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

When glaciers melt, shallow _______ form in the interiors of continents.

• coal swarms

• wet-lands

• inland sea

• volcano

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4