When did this guy die?
(bonus points for being specific)
(bonus points for being specific)
The Scale
The Eras Tour
No Words (What's this a picture of?)
Rockz and Fossilz
100
When did this guy live (and die)?
What is the Cenozoic Era (points x1), Quaternary Period (points x1.5), Pleistocene Epoch (points x2)?
100
Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic are all what?
a. Eons b. Eras c. Periods d. Epochs
Eras
100
This is the era in which giant reptiles lived.
a.Paleozoic Era b.Mesozoic Era c.Cenozoic Era
What is the Mesozoic Era?
100
bonus points if you know which is which
What is mold and cast fossils? (extra 100 points for knowing/describing the difference)
100
What igneous rock forms from
What is Cooling Lava
200
When did these guys die? (go extinct?)
What is the Mesozoic Era (point x1) OR Cretaceous Period (points x1.5)
200
These are the shortest divisions of the geologic time scale.
a. Eons b. Eras c. Periods d. Epochs
Epochs
200
This is the era in which we currently live.
a. Paleozoic Era b. Mesozoic Era c. Cenozoic Era
What is the Cenozoic Era?
200
What is a mass extinction OR what is a meteorite OR what is the extinction at the end of the Cretaceous that killed the dinosaurs?
200
the evidence we have that meteorites and volcanoes made the dinosaurs go extinct
What is the rock record OR iridium deposits OR the fossils of the dead things OR (up to Ms. Brown)
300
When did these guys go extinct?
What is the Paleozoic Era (points x1) OR the Permian period (points x 1.5)
300
These are the longest divisions of the geologic time scale.
a. Eons b. Eras c. Periods d. Epochs
Eons
300
the era when oceans begin to form as well as mountain ranges
a. Paleozoic Era b. Mesozoic Era c. Cenozoic Era
What is the Paleozoic Era?
300
What is superposition? OR describe what it is
300
type of fossil that has no evidence of what an organism looked like BUT shows a trace how they moved, ate, etc. (footprints, burrows, etc.)
What is a trace fossil?
400
When did this guy go extinct?
What is the Paleozoic Era (points x1) OR the Devonian period (points x1.5)
400
How geologists determine when eras end
What is an Extinction OR Big changes in fossil record
400
Would it make sense to see an image in a history book of a caveman with a dinosaur? why/why not?
No, they are from different eras.
400
What is a coniferous forest OR a forest from the Mesozoic Era OR describe what these trees are/what types of animals would have eaten these?
400
the type of fossils get made from an impression of an organism getting filled in with a different material later on
What is mold and cast
500
When did these go extinct? (Bonus points if you know specifically which type of this animal this is)
What is the Cenozoic Era (points x1) OR Quarternary Period (points x1.5) OR Holocene Epoch (points x2)
The Western Black Rhino was declared extinct in 2011, mostly due to poaching :(
500
Name one reason that geologists created the geologic time scale
Divide up Earth's history/mark changes in the fossil record/etc. (up to Ms. Brown)
500
How is precambrian time different from the paleozic and mesozoic eras?
Did not end with extinction OR much longer OR made of eons
500
(left)
What is bipedal locomotion OR describe
500
How the oldest rocks get dated
What is radiometric dating OR using isotopes?