FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION

Earth and Life Science

PART I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the letter of the correct answer in the box.
1. The Precambrian happens on how many million years?
2.

The sixth mass extinction of the earth was called _________.

3. The continental Drift Theory was proposed by ______________.

4. The last Precambrian and Early Cambrian Period happens at about __________.
5. It said that during this period the earth suffers from gamma rays and the so-called bow
shock radiation exposure that leads the earths into mass extinction.
6. It is said that the ultimate continent in the future will called _______________.
7. The KT Extinction happens due to what phenomenon?
8. Which in the following period does the human started to exist?
9.

Which of the following is NOT included in the seven mass extinction of the earth?

10.Its about 120 million years ago when this geological timescale period began.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.

Jurassic Period
Cretaceous Period
Pleistocene Period
Eocene Period
The Cambrian Explosion
The Great Dying
The Siberian Bombardment
The Ordovician Extinction
Oligocene
Miocene
Eocene
Holocene
The eruption of volcanoes all over the
world
The cataclysmic gamma rays and bow
shock radiation

g. The globally freezing and drop down of

temperature.
h. The giant asteroid fall and smash the
surface of the earth.
i. Guandana Ultima
j. Siberia Ultima
k. Pangaea Ultima
l. Silurian Period
m. Permian Period
n. Ordovician Period
o. Cambrian Period
p. 540 million years ago
q. Alfred Wegener
r. The KT Extinction
s. The Snowball Earth
t. The Late heavy Bombardment
u. 600 million years ago

PART II. FILL IN THE BLANKS (2 pts each)

1. The KT Extinction is a massive wiped out catastrophe of the earth. In this period the
common organism exist is _____________.
2. The Silurian Period happens about how many million years ago? (number only)
3. This mass extinction will happen after 300 million years from now. According to the
scientist the sun will be larger every 64 million years for at about 10%.
4. It is a system of chronological measurement that relates stratigraphy to time, and
is used by geologists, paleontologists, and other Earth scientists to describe the
timing and relationships between events that have occurred throughout Earth's
history.
5. 400 million years ago this period exist. (do not include the word period)
PART III. ENUMERATION
1 7 The Seven Mass Extinction of the Earth
8 20
The Geological Timescale Period of the Earth