Which of these is evidence of continent drift?

Mountain Ranges that line up across oceans

What was snowball earth?

Earth completely covered in ice and snow

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Geological Timeline #1

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A check-in for grade 7 students learning about the history of our planet.

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1
Which period are we currently in?
Precambrian
Tertiary
Quaternary
Ordovician
2
Which period is known as the 'Age of the Amphibians'?
Carboniferous
Silurian
Jurassic
Triassic
3
What is not a cause of current (Holocene/Anthropocene/6th) Extinction Event ?
Natural Causes
Over hunting
Habitat loss
Climate Change
4
Mass Extinction have happened within a week
False
Hard to sat
True
5
What is the approximate age of the Earth?
~4.5 billion years
~2000 years
~13.8 billion years
~4.5 million years
6
Which of these was not a mass extinction?
Precambrian extinction
Triassic - Jurassic Extinction
Permian Extinction
K/T Extinction
7
Which of these is not a period?
Cambrian
Silurian
Prepermian
Devonian
8
Which two periods make up the 'Age of Fishes'?
Carboniferous and Permian
Triassic and Jurassic
Devonian and Silurian
Quaternary and Tertiary
9
Which of the following extinction eliminated the dinosaurs?
Triassic-Jurassic Extinction
O/S Extinction
K/T Extinction
Permian Extinction
10
On the Cosmic Calendar, when were the first dinosaurs?
January 1st-2nd
December 25th-26th
September 3rd-4th
September 21st-22nd
11
Which of these is evidence of continent drift?
Someone read it in a book
Someone saw the continents move
Mountain Ranges that line up across oceans
A dinosaur swam across the ocean to see the other side
12
What was snowball earth?
An amusement park in West Kelowna
Earth was covered in clouds, looking like a smooth snowball
Earth completely covered in ice and snow
The largest snowball fight in history
13
How many mass extinction events have there been?
5
4
2
None
14
During which 3 periods were dinosaurs around?
Jurassic, Triassic, Cretaceous
Triassic, Jurassic, Carboniferous
Ordovician, Triassic, Cretaceous
Permian, Devonian, Jurassic
15
Approximately how old is the universe?
13.8 billion years
14.8 million years
14.8 billion years
13. 8 million years
16
How did snowball earth come to an end?
Volcanic eruptions
An asteroid hit
Someone lit a big fire
It was really hot one day
17
Which extinction came the closest to wiping out all life on earth?
K/T Extinction
Holocene Extinction
Jurassic-Triassic Extinction
Permian Extinction
18
On the Cosmic Calendar, when was the big bang?
June 25th
December 23rd
January 1st
Early September
19
Which period occupied the longest amount of time?
Precambrian
Permian
Silurian
Jurassic
20
When did the first mammals evolve?
Tertiary Period
Triassic Period
Permian Period
Quaternary Period
21
Which is not evidence for continental drift
The rock strata is the same in South Africa and Brazil
Fossils of the same species found on different continents
Fossils of tropical plants found in polar regions
Someone saw it happen

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