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What is the estimated age of the Earth?
57 billion
years
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How many eons are there in Earth's history?
Four eons
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What are the names of the four eons of Earth?
Hadean
Archean
Proterozoic
Phanerozoic
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What does the term "Hadean" refer to in Earth's history?
It
describes
Earth's
early
,
hostile conditions
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What significant event occurred around 4.4 billion years ago?
Theia
collided with Earth
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What is the only surviving terrestrial material from the Hadean eon?
Zircon crystals
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What characterized the Archean eon?
Emergence of life and tapering
asteroid
bombardment
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What are the oldest known fossils from the Archean eon?
48-billion-year-old
stromatolites
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What are cratons?
Remnants of ancient continents
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What significant event began the Proterozoic eon?
A gradual increase in
atmospheric oxygen
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How much oxygen was in Earth's atmosphere at the end of the Archean?
100,000
times less than today
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What type of organisms evolved during the Proterozoic?
Unicellular
eukaryotes
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What are the oldest indisputable animal fossils called?
Ediacara Fauna
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What was the significance of the supercontinent Nuna?
It was the
first
supercontinent formed
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What triggered the massive ice age during the Proterozoic?
Glaciers
formed over the south pole
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What is the term for the period when most of Earth's surface was covered with ice?
Snowball Earth
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What are the three eons commonly grouped into the Precambrian?
Hadean
Archean
Proterozoic
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What types of organisms flourished during the Cambrian period?
Bright green
algae
and armored
arthropods
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What eon are we currently living in?
Phanerozoic
eon
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What are the key events in Earth's history from the Hadean to the Phanerozoic eon?
Formation of Earth (
4.57 billion years ago
)
Hadean eon: hostile conditions,
Theia
impact
Archean eon: emergence of life, formation of
cratons
Proterozoic eon: increase in
oxygen
, evolution of
multicellular
life
Cambrian explosion: diversification of
life forms
Current eon: Phanerozoic
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At the end of which eon did we pause our story of Earth’s history?
Proterozoic
eon
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What is the first era of the Phanerozoic Eon?
Paleozoic Era
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How long did the Paleozoic Era last?
541
to
252 million
years ago
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What significant event marks the beginning of the Paleozoic Era?
The
Cambrian explosion
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What does the Burgess shale provide insight into?
Strange creatures of the
Paleozoic
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What factor influenced the rapid radiation of animals during the Cambrian?
Lack of
predators
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Where did life begin during the Paleozoic Era?
In the
oceans
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What were the first vertebrates to walk on land?
Amphibians
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What geological event occurred along Eastern North America during the Paleozoic?
Mountain building
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What is the first orogeny called, and when did it occur?
Taconic Orogeny
,
450 million years ago
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What mountain range was formed by the Alleghanian Orogeny?
The
Appalachian Mountains
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What significant geological event concluded the Paleozoic Era?
The assembly of the supercontinent
Pangea
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What is the Carboniferous Period known for?
Large deposits of
coal
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How does coal form during the Carboniferous Period?
When
plant tissues
are rapidly buried
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What conditions are necessary for the rapid burial of organic material to form coal?
Anoxic
conditions in swamps
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What caused rapid fluctuations in sea level during the Carboniferous Period?
Formation and melting of
glaciers
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What might not have occurred without Carboniferous glaciers?
The Industrial Revolution
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What were the key transformations during the Paleozoic Era?
Evolution
of
diverse organisms
Colonization
of
land
by
vascular
plants
Development
of
amphibians
from
fish
Formation
of
the
Appalachian
Mountains
Creation
of
coal
deposits
during
the
Carboniferous Period
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What were the major orogenies during the Paleozoic Era?
Taconic Orogeny
(
450 million years ago
)
Acadian Orogeny
(
380 million years ago
)
Alleghanian Orogeny
(
300 million years ago
)
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What are the two types of cell division?
Mitosis
and
meiosis
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