Old Earth Ministries Online Earth History Curriculum

Earth History Test 12


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1: The Paleogene Period ended:
43 million years ago
11 million years ago
55 million years ago
23 million years ago
2: The first, oldest epoch of this period is the ________ Epoch.

3: The second epoch of this period is the ________ Epoch.

4: The third, and youngest epoch is the ________ Epoch.

5: During the Paleocene, this marine animal became the top predator in the oceans.
Whales
Sharks
Guppies
Snapping Turtles
6: Reptiles as a whole decreased in size after the K-T event.
True
False
7: The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum upset oceanic and atmospheric circulation and led to the extinction of many species.
True
False
8: A ______________ is a geologically brief event (less than 200,000 years) characterized by rapid and extreme global warming.

9: The Eocene Epoch lasted from 56 million years ago to 34 million years ago.
True
False
10: During the Eocene, forests spread throughout the earth, and even the poles were covered in forests.
True
False
11: The end of the Eocene is marked by an extinction event that killed off mainly terrestrial animals.
True
False
12: The Oligocene Epoch ended 23 million years ago.
True
False
13: During this epoch Antarctica developed its permanent ice cap.
True
False
14: Individual layers found in the Green River Formation are called ________.

15: The Green River layers can be dated with a high degree of accuracy, by astrochronological and radiometric methods, providing solid proof against the young earth creationist theory that they are individual storm layers.
True
False