Earth Science Reference Tables

Trilobites were dominate organisms during which geologic era

• Precambrian 
• Paleozoic
• Mesozoic 
• Cenozoic

The time scale of Earth History is called the:

• Earth Time Scale
• Geologic Time Scale
• Earth History Time Scale
• Radiometric Time Scale

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According to the Earth Science Reference Tables, when did the Jurassic Period end?

• 66 million years ago
• 163 million years ago
• 144 million years ago
• 190 million years ago

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Trilobite fossils were recently discovered in Himalayan Mountain bedrock. During which geologic period could these organisms have lived?

• Tertiary
• Triassic
• Cretaceous
• Cambrian

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Using pages 8 and 9 of the ESRT, what ERA those the JURASSIC PERIOD belong?

• CENOZOIC

• PHANEROZOIC

• MESOZOIC

• PALEOZOIC

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Using ESRT page 8, what animals (LIFE ON EARTH) appeared and dominated the JURASSIC PERIOD?

• Earliest Birds, Dinosaurs and Ammonoids

• Humans, Mastodonts, and Mammoths.

• Invertebrates and Coral reefs

• Earliest Insects and land Plants and Animals

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What Era were mammals first seen?

• Precambrian

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

• Cenozoic

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How old do Paleontologists believe the Earth is?

• 2015 years old
• 3.6 billion years old
• 4.6 billion years old
• 4.6 million years old

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How many millions of years ago did the dinosaurs become extinct?

• 251 mya

• 65.5 mya

• 542 mya

• 251-200 mya

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The Grenville Orogeny occurred during which Eon?

• Phanerozoic

• Precambrian