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4.3 Mesozoic Era
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What was the Mesozoic climate like on average?
Freezing
Warm
Hot
2
Pterosaurs had.....
Flippers
Sprawling posture
Long necks
Large, batlike wings
3
What was the era right AFTER the Mesozoic Era
Reazoic
Cenozoic
Paleozoic
Mesozoic
4
The mass extinction at the end of the Paleozoic era caused most of what organisms to disappear.
birds and mammals
marine organisms and amphibians
reptiles and mammals
insects and plants
5
During the Mesozoic Era,
the sea levels rose steadily
Mammals dominated the land
Glaciers covered much of Earth
Who's There?
6
What extinction event happened during the mesozoic era?
severe glaciation that wiped out an amount of microorganisms
A mass extinction that wiped out 90% of marine life.
Extinction of saber-toothed tigers and woolly mammoths.
Extinction of the dinosaurs by global cooling/asteroid.
7
______________evolved during the Mesozoic Era, but they remained small.
Cats
Mammals
Reptiles
Plants
8
Dinosaurs and crocodiles differ in their________structure
arm
shoulder
knee
hip
9
Which major event happened during the Mesozoic era?
The Atlantic Ocean formed
Humans evolved
Life moved on land
The Appalachian Mountains formed
10
Which major event happened during the Mesozoic era?
The Alps formed.
The Appalcian Mountains formed.
The Rocky Mountains formed.
The Cacades formed.
11
Dinosaurs are more closely related to birds than reptiles.
True
False
12
When were the inland seas highest in the Mesozoic era?
Early Cretaceous
Middle Triassic Period
Late Cretaceous
Early Jurassic period
13
The Atlantic Ocean formed during the Mesozoic Era as
Pangaea broke apart
Coal Swamps formed in North America
Knock Knock
the sea level dropped
14
What was the era right AFTER the Mesozoic Era
Paleozoic
Reazoic
Cenozoic
Mesozoic
15
What three periods is the mesozoic era divided into?
The Trassic, the Jurassic, The Cretaceous
The land before time, jurassic park, dino dan
Mr. Tom, Mrs. Mahon, Mr. Willison
the Trassic, The Jurassic, The Mesozoic
16
The Mesozoic Era was known as the "age of the reptiles"
True
False
17
The Pangea broke into two giant continental block named
Antartica, Europe
Asia, India
Lauraisa, Gondwanaland
North America, South America
18
Laurasia contained the continents of...
Europe
Asia
All of these are included in Laurasia
North America
19
What was the time range of the Mesozoic Era?
252-66million years ago
248-63.2 million years ago
200-89 million years ago
255-69.4 million years ago
20
The dominant geologic event that occurred in the Mesozoic era was the breakup of
Gondwanaland
Godwana
Pangea
Laurasia
21
In the Mesozoic Era
small mammals filled the land after the dinosaurs died
only bacteria lived in the oceans
Volcanoes erupted and reptiles rule
complex life forms existed
22
What Era was the Mesozoic?
2nd
1st
3rd
5th
23
What major event began the Mesozoic era?
There began to be a major diversity between marine life.
The extinction of the dinosaurs
The evolution of reptiles into dinosaurs.
the beginning of earth
24
The dominant geologic event that occurred in the Mesozoic era was the
break up of Godwana
break up of Pangaea
formation of Gondwanaland
Formation of Laurasia
25
The Mesozoic Era ended _______ mya, with a mass extinction event
56
66
86
76
26
Which modern continent was originally part of Gondwanaland?
Asia
Europe
North America
South America
27
Like the Early Paleozoic, how did the Middle Paleozoic End?
Extreme Volcanism
Large meteorite impact
Mass extencion
Pangaea
28
What was the most likely cause of the Mesozoic mass extinction?
an asteroid or meteorite collision
ice age
dinosaurs smoking
global warming
29
Pterosaurs are dinosaurs?
False
True
30
The Pangea broke into two continents during the late _________period
Triassic
Paleozoic
Cenozoic
Laurasia
31
Which of the following was NOT part of Gondwanaland?
Antartica
Europe
Africa & Australia
South America
32
In the Mesozoic Era
Volcanoes erupted and reptiles rule
small mammals filled the land after the dinosaurs died
only bacteria lived in the oceans
complex life forms existed
33
During the Cretaceous Extinction, large Volcanic eruptions could have added to the sunlight blocking dust
True
False
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Large mesozoic reptiles that lived in oceans, had small heads, long necks and flippers.
Psittacosaurus
Pterosuars
Plesiosuars
Stegasaurus