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- 1. Multiple Choice
Interpret this diagram. Which statement correctly describes Precambrian time before start of the Phanerozoic EonHadean, Archean, and Proterozoic are shown as EpochsHadean, Archean, and Proterozoic are shown as EraHadean, Archean, and Proterozoic as Eon'sHadean, Archean, and Proterozoic as Periods - 2. Multiple ChoiceThis image best represents Earth during the _________________Cambrian period 3 billion years agoCambrian explosion 1 billion years agoHadean Eon 4.5 to 4 billion years agoHolocene Epoch
- 3. Multiple ChoiceGeologic Time scale correctly divided from LONGEST to SHORTEST section of times.Eon, Era, Period, EpochPeriod, Eon, EraEra, Period, EonEpoch, Eon, Era, Period
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThis type of geological form would have first emerged during the ______________.Hadean EonArchean EonPaleozoic EraProterozoic Eon
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThis heat -loving prokaryote's first became alive during the ___________ eonHadean EraArchean EraDevonian PeriodArchean Eon
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThis image stromalalites best represents how life on earth began during the______________________Phanerozoic EonArchean EonJurrassic PeriodMesozoic Era
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThis image best represents life on earth began during the______________________Phanerozoic EonCambrian EonJurassic PeriodProterozoic Epoch
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThis image best represents how life on earth began during the______________________Era.Phanerozoic EonCambrian EonJurrassic PeriodProterozoic Era
- 9. Multiple ChoiceLongest units of geologic timeepocheongenerationperiod
- 10. Multiple ChoiceOlder rock contains more complex fossils than younger rock.truefalse
- 11. Multiple ChoiceSudden changes in the fossil record represent...mass extinctionevolution of speciesmany earthquakesflooding of earth
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThere have been _____ mass extinction events in Earth's history.3452
- 13. Multiple ChoiceMulti-cellular life is hypothesized to have appeared on Earth about ____ mya.345542524245
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the Cambrian explosion?sudden appearance of new, complex speciesa sudden volcanic eruptiona sudden decrease in speciesa mass extinction event
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat characteristic of Precambrian life, shown in the figure, contributes to the fact that the Precambrian fossil record is so sparse?Organisms were multicolored.All living things were single-celledMany organisms lived on land.Many of the organisms had soft bodies.
- 16. Multiple ChoiceHow did the stromatolites help to prepare Earth for the Cambrian explosion?Stromatolite metabolism added huge amounts of Carbon Dioxide into Earth's atmosphereStromatolite metabolism added huge amounts of sulfur dioxide into Earth's atmosphereStromatolite metabolism added large amounts of Oxygen into Earth's atmosphereStromatolite metabolism added huge amounts of Nitrogen into Earth's atmosphere
- 17. Multiple ChoiceDuring this period earth's atmospheric oxygen levels were 63% of today's levels. Life flourished in the oceans, but land masses were mostly barren except for microbe life forms. This is the first period of the Paleozoic era and it lasted about 55.5 million yearsJurassic periodCambrian periodSilurian periodOrdovician period
- 18. Multiple ChoiceThis super continent formed during the Cambrian and Ordovician periods mostly within the tropical zone. It eventually split into two tectonic plates.GondwanaPangeaRodiniaPannotia
- 19. Multiple ChoicePeriods are separated by extinction events.TrueFalse
- 20. Multiple ChoiceExtinctions during the periods of the Paleozoic Era generally are thought to have been caused by changes from_____________global warmingglobal coolingsuper volcano eruptionsimpact explosions from asteroids or comets 5 miles in diameter or larger.
- 21. Multiple ChoiceSomehow, most of the life on Earth perished in a brief moment of geologic time roughly 250 million years ago. Scientists call it the
_____________________________________.Jurassic- Creataceus extinction or "the Great Dying"Quaternary - Triassic extinction or "the Great Dying"Permian-Triassic extinction or "the Great Dying"Silurian-Devonian extinction or "the Great Dying" - 22. Multiple ChoicePermian-Triassic extinction or "the Great Dying" is the end of the ____________ beginning of the _____________ "Paleozoic era, Mesozoic EraPaleozoic Era, Tertiary EraCenozoic Era, Paleozoic EraHadean, Archean Era
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhile hiking in near Soccoro, New Mexico you notice a large fossil jutting out of sandy red rock hillside. Upon excavation and assembly, you discover it is Dimetrodon fossil . This fossil would indicate life during the _________________.Jurassic PeriodSilurian PeriodPermian PeriodTertiary Period
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhich is NOT a cause of large or massive extinction documented in the Geologic Record?Extraterrestrial impacts from large comets or asteroidsGlobal CoolingExtreme radiation from solar flaresMassive increase in Volcanism from several super volcano eruptions.
- 25. Multiple ChoiceThe __________________ volcano erupted in 1883 causing global cooling world wide with adverse climate effects for several years.PinatuboSt. Helen'sYellowstoneKrakatoa
- 26. Multiple ChoiceThe term "Radiation" means the same to an evolutionary biologist and a nuclear physicist.TrueFalse
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhich Mass Extinctions also ended Era's.Permian-Triassic extinction and Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction eventTriassic-Jurassic extinction and Devonian extinctionOrdovician and Silurian extinction and Permian-Triassic extinction and
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhich Biochemical process prepared the earth for the rise of multi-celled organisms?RespirationDecompositionPhotosynthesishydrocarbon bond
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhich eras have periods that are subdivided into epochsProterozoic and CenozoicPaleozoic and CenozoicPaleozoic and MesozoicMesozoic and Cenozoic
- 30. Multiple ChoiceSome scientists hypothesize that sixth mass extinction because of human activity and are occurring during the__________ epoch. This could bring about an end to the __________ era.Hadean, HoloceneTriassic, PleistoceneHolocene, CenozoicCambrian, Phaenerozoic
- 31. Multiple ChoiceRise of all major animal groups. Metazoan life abundant; trilobites dominant. First fish. No known terrestrial life.Cambrian Period 543 m.y.a.Carboniferous Period 360 m.y.a.Neogene Period 5 m.ya.Paleocene 65 m.y.a.
- 32. Multiple ChoiceFirst land plants, primitive fungi, seaweed appear. Diverse marine life: corals, mollusks, bivalves, echinoderms, etc.Missippian period 360 m.y.a.Cretaceous period 146 m.y.a.Devonian period 410 m.y.a.Ordovician period 505 m.y.a.
- 33. Multiple ChoiceFirst spiders, scorpions, centipedes, early insects, vascular plants, jawed fish and large reefs appear.Quaternary period 1.8 m.y.a.Silurian period 440 m.y.a.Tertiary period 65 m.y.a.Permian 286 m.y.a.
- 34. Multiple ChoiceFirst amphibians. Extensive radiation of fish, land plants. Many corals, brachiopods and echinoderms.Devonian period 410. m.y.a.Jurassic period210 m.y.a.Cambrian epoch 543 m.ya.Flinstonian eon 600 m.y.a
- 35. Multiple ChoiceEchinoderms, bryozoans dominant in oceans. Early winged insects. First coal swamp forests.Carboniferous period Pennsylvanian epoch 325 m.y.a.Carboniferous period Flinstonian epoch 314 m.y.aCarboniferous period Missippian epoch 360 m.y.a.Yabba Yabba Doo!
- 36. Multiple ChoiceFirst reptiles, cockroaches, and mayflies appear. Extensive coal-swamp forests. Sponge reefs.Pennsylvanian Period 325 m.y.aMissippian Period 360 m.y.aTriassic Period 245. m.y.a.Hadean Period 4,000 m.y.a.
- 37. Multiple ChoiceDinosaurs and gymnosperms dominate the land; feathered dinosaurs and birds appear. Radiation of marine reptiles.Jurrasic Period 208 m.y.a.Archean Period 2,500 m.y.aEocene period 45 m.y.aCretaceous 146 m.y.a
- 38. Multiple ChoiceThe ___________________ Era is also commonly called the Age of Dinosaurs.PhanerozoicProterozoicCenozoicMesozoic
- 39. Multiple ChoiceEarly placental mammals appear; first primates; modern birds.Tertiary-Paleogene period Paleocene Epoch 65 m.y.a.Tertiary-Paleogene period Eocene Epoch 45 m.y.a.Tertiary-Paleogene period Oligocene Epoch 65 m.y.a.Flinstonian Period Fredian Epoch 43 m.y.a
- 40. Multiple ChoiceEarly mammals abundant. Rodents, primitive whales and grasses appear.Tertiary-Paleogene period Paleocene Epoch 65 m.y.a.Tertiary-Paleogene period Oligocene Epoch 65 m.y.a.Tertiary-Paleogene period Eocene Epoch 130 m.y.a.Tertiary-Paleogene period Eocene Epoch 45 m.y.a.
- 41. Multiple ChoiceWorldwide tropical rainforests. Pigs, cats, and rhinos appear. The dominance of snails and bivalves in the oceans.Tertiary-Paleogene period Paleocene Epoch 65 m.y.a.Tertiary-Paleogene period Oligocene Epoch 38 m.y.a.Haufonian Period 610 m.y.a
Fragor period magnonian epoch 13,000 m.y.a
- 42. Multiple ChoiceCoevolution of insects and flowering plants. Dogs and bears appear.Tertiary-Neogene Period Miocene Epoch 23 m.y.a.Tertiary-Paleogene period Paleocene Epoch 65 m.y.a.Flinstonian Period Fredian Epoch 43 m.y.aTertiary-Neogene Period Pliocene Epoch 23 m.y.a.
- 43. Multiple ChoiceExtensive radiation of flowering plants and mammals. First hominids appear.Pliocene Epoch .1 m.y.a.Pliocene Epoch 5 m.y.a.
- 44. Multiple ChoiceModern humans appear. Four major glaciations cause rapid shifts in ecological communities. Rise of civilization and agriculture. Extinction of large mammals in northern hemisphere.Quaternary Period 4 m.y.a. to present timeQuaternary Period 1.8 m.y.a. to present timeTertiary Period 1.8 m.y.a. to present time
- 45. Multiple ChoiceThe ___________________ era is commonly called "The Age of Mammals"CenozoicProterozoicSeptuaryJanuary
- 46. Multiple ChoiceThe term "radiation" means the same to both Evolutionary Biologists and Nuclear PhysicistsTrueFalse
- 47. Multiple ChoiceGlaciation means _________________________The advance of ice sheets across large areas of landThe melting of ice sheets across large area of landBoth of these answers are correct
- 48. Multiple ChoiceThe activities of this species is hypothesized by some scientists to be causing a 6th Mass ExtinctionHomo habilisHomo erectusHomo sapiens
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