Geologic Time Quiz
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Answer the following questions:
- 1.What is the basic cause of extinction of species over time?
- A.
Human interference
- B.
Climate change
- C.
Animals destroy each other
- 2.According the paleontologists, which era of time is the oldest?
- A.
Palozoic Era
- B.
Precambrian Era
- C.
Cenozoic Era
- 3.
- A.
Precambrian Era
- B.
Paleozoic Era
- C.
Mesozoic Era
- 4.The dominant life form during the Mesozoic Era was_____
- A.
Insects
- B.
Humans
- C.
Reptiles
- 5.
- A.
Does changing the height of the ramp affect the speed of the car going down the ramp?
- B.
How does a paper airplane fly?
- C.
Does changing the amount of light affect the growth of a plant?
- 6.Which is a quantatitve observation?
- A.
Some of the dinosaurs went extinct due to climate change
- B.
None of the dinosaurs lived in the Holocene Epoch
- C.
Many of the dinosaurs died when a meteor hit the earth
- 7.
- A.
Each beak shape helps the birds to produce different songs
- B.
Each beak shape is an adaptation to a specific source of food
- C.
Each beak shape help protect the birds from each other
- 8.
- A.
New species develop from survivors
- B.
Animals adapt to new environments
- C.
They were lucky
- 9.What is the process by which better-suited organisms survive and reproduce?
- A.
Extinction
- B.
Adaptation
- C.
Organic reproduction
- 10.
- A.
Birds will see them and not eat the moths
- B.
Birds will see them and eat the light colored moths
- C.
Birds will leave them alone
- 11.What biological adaptation does a polar bear have to help him/her survive in their environment?
- A.
Swim
- B.
Camouflage
- C.
Eat meat
- 12.
- A.
Kingdoms
- B.
Variations
- C.
Communities
- 13.If a picture has Homo sapiens present, what era would be represented?
- A.
Mesozoic
- B.
Cenozoic
- C.
Creataceous
- 14.Put the following units of time in order from the longest to shorted.
- A.
Periods, eras, epochs, eons
- B.
Eras, eons, epoch, periods
- C.
Eons, eras, periods, epochs
- 15.What events separates each era of geologic time?
- A.
Mass extinctions of life
- B.
They all blend together and there is no separation of time
- C.
Earth reverses its revolution time
- 16.Which of the following is not a cause for natural extinctions on earth?
- A.
Volcanic extinctions
- B.
Man destroying natural habitats
- C.
Meteorite impacts
- 17.What is an organisms ability to change over time?
- A.
Natural selection
- B.
Seismology
- C.
Reproduction
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