Earth History
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- Q1the standard method used to divide the Earth's long natural history into manageable partsGeologic Time30s
- Q2an indefinite and very long period of time, often a period exaggerated for humorous or rhetorical effectEon30s
- Q3a long and distinct period of history with a particular feature or characteristicEra30s
- Q4shorter than an era, larger than an epochPeriod30s
- Q5shorter than a period; shortest division of geologic timeEpoch30s
- Q6Age of Creation; oldest and longest era; single-cell organismsPre-Cambrian30s
- Q7Age of Diversification and FishesPaleozoic30s
- Q8A supercontinent containing all of Earth's land that existed about 225 million years agoPangaea30s
- Q9Age of the DinosaursMesozoic30s
- Q10Age of the MammalsCenozoic30s
- Q11the process of becoming extinct where a species comes to an end or dies outExtinction30s
- Q12the process of gradual change and events that include the steps to create the EarthGeologic Evolution30s
- Q13the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantleLithosphere30s
- Q14a branch of geology dealing with the rocks and movement of Earth's crustPlate Tectonics30s
- Q15the movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to anotherConvection Currents30s