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Earth'sHistory

1. AccordingtotheGeologicTimeScalewhatisthe 2. Whatarethemajorsubdivisionsofgeologictime?
currentperiodcalled? (Inthecorrectorderfromlongesttoshortest
a.Cretaceous time)

b.Jurassic a.Eons,eras,periods,epochs
c.Triassic b.Epochs,eons,eras,periods
d.Quaternary c.Eras,eons,epochs,periods
d.Periods,eras,eons,epochs

3. Theprinciplethatstatesgeologicchangesoccur 4. Inwhicheradidthefirstfishappear?
overlongperiodsoftimeis: a.Carboniferous
a.thethresholdtheory b.Paleozoic
b.catastrophism c.Mesozoic
c.gradualism/uniformitarianism d.Permian
d.thefeedbackmechanism

5. Pangaeabegantobreakupintocontinentsduring 6. Dinosaursbecameextinctattheendofthe
the a.CretaceousPeriod
a.TertiaryPeriod b.TriassicPeriod
b.PrecambrianEra c.CarboniferousPeriod
c.MesozoicEra d.PermianPeriod
d.CenozoicEra

7. Hutton'sobservationsofthenatureofthe 8. WhendidtheMesozoiceraend?
developmentofsandstonewouldbeanexample a.85millionsyearsago
of:
b.65millionyearsago
a.tectonicplatetheory c.45millionyearsago
b.catastrophism d.25millionyearsago
c.thecarboncycle
d.gradualism

9. ThelongestpartofEarth'shistoryiscalled: 10.Themostrecenticeagewasduringthe
a.Cambrian a.Pennsylvanianperiod
b.PreCambrian b.PleistoceneEpoch
c.Mesozoic c.JurassicPark
d.Jurassic d.MesozoicEra

11.TheyoungestperiodoftheMesozoicEraisknown 12.Whichofthefollowingisanexampleofatrace
asthe fossil?
a.TriassicPeriod a.footprint
b.SilurianPeriod b.leaf
c.PennsylvanianPeriod c.skeleton
d.CretaceousPeriod d.trilobite

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13.AnimportantindexfossilforthePaleozoicEra 14.Theevolutionofthehorsetookplaceduringthe
are .
a.fish a.JurassicPeriod
b.sponge b.PermianPeriod
c.trilobites c.QuaternaryPeriod
d.plants d.TertiaryPeriod

15.Thetheoryofexplainsthatnatural
forcesnowshapingtheearthhavebeendoingit
thesamewayforbillionsofyears.
a.creationism
b.naturalselection
c.catastrophism
d.uniformitarianism

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