When did this guy die?
(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?