Geologic Time
Extinct Animals
Big Numbers
Mass Extinctions
100

13.7 billion years old

How old is the universe?

100

smilodon

What was the name of the biggest saber tooth cat?

100

4.6 x 109

What is the scientific notation for the age of earth?

100

Asteroid impact

What caused the dinosaurs to go extinct?

200

4.6 billion years old

How old is the earth?

200

Mesothilai

What was the name of the spider as big as your head?

200

13.7 x 109

What is the scientific notation for the age of the universe?

200

Global Climate change due to massive volcanic eruptions

What caused the Permian extinction?

300

350 million years ago

When did the Cambrian period begin?

300

Enteledont

What was the name of the pig from hell?

300

1.4 x 101

What is 14 in scientific notation?

300

The 6th mass extinction

What mass extinction is due to human impact?

400

178 million years ago

When did mammals first appear?

400

Giant Sloth- Morotherium

What is the state fossil of West Virginia?

400

4.5 x 10-3

What is scientific notation of 0.0045

400

dinosaur extinction

What was the tertiary-cretaceous extinction?

500

250 million to 65 mya

When did the Mesozoic era begin and end?

500

Euparkeria

What is the name of the lizard that all dinosaurs evolved from?

500

2.05 x 10-5

What is the scientific notation of 0.0000205?

500

The honey bee

Which animal extinction can cause a human extinction?