Early Earth History Answers

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Early land animals had to return to the water to reproduce.

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T
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Geologic events that occurred during the Paleozoic Era include mountain building and volcanic activity.

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The Precambrian time period is segmented into very few parts because:

A
the fossil record is scarce
B
life did not exist
C
cyanobacteria were the only life form
D
volcanic activity ruined the fossil record
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Animal life in the Paleozoic Era included all of the following EXCEPT ____.

A
marine life
B
humans
C
amphibians
D
reptiles
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Little is known about much of Earth’s early history because ____.

A
Precambrian rocks have been deeply buried
B
Precambrian rocks have been changed by heat and pressure
C
Precambrian soft-bodied life-forms weren’t often preserved as fossils
D
all of the above
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Life-forms that existed during the Paleozoic Era included ____.

A
fish
B
trilobites
C
reptiles
D
all of the above
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The geological time scale is divided up and organized according to what life forms existed on earth.

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T
B
F
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The Precambrian time period is the largest on the geological time scale.

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T
B
F
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The change in environments that may have occurred at the end of the Paleozoic Era may have been caused by ____.

A
mass extinctions
B
evolution of the dinosaurs
C
plate tectonics
D
the beginning of an ice age
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Early land animals had gills as well as lungs.

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T
B
F

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