Triassic

Reorder the following from oldest period to most modern period

• Cretaceous

• Triassic

• Jurassic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What was the name of the supercontinent at the beginning of the Triassic?

• Pangaea

• Laurasia

• Gondwana

• Everything Island

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is shorter. a period or an era?

• A period because era's are made of periods.

• An era because periods are made of eras.

• An era because eras are made of periods.

• A period because periods are made of an era?

What was the name of the sea that formed during the Triassic?

• Atlantic

• Tethys

• Laurasia

• Gondwana

What was the fish lizard that started existing during the Triassic?

• Ichthyosaur

• Therapsid

• Archosaur

• Lystrosaurus

What was the new insect group that appeared during the Triassic?

• spiders

• scorpions

• millipedes

• grasshoppers

This was the name of a therapsid that survived the Permian/Triassic extinction.

• Lystrosaurus

• Coelophysis

• Ichthyosaurus

• Sharovipteryx

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

This was a type of archosaur that was bipedal and fast. They likely hunted in packs.

• Lystrosaurus

• Coelophysis

• Sharovipteryx

• Icarosaurus

This was an early gliding creature that had wing membranes attached to its hind legs.

• Coelophysis

• Sharovipteryx

• Icarosaurus

• Lystrosaurus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

This was an early gliding creature that was about the size of a hummingbird. Its wing membranes sprouted from modified ribs.

• Coelophysis

• Lystrosaurus

• Sharovipteryx

• Icarosaurus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2