Matching
Match each of the following events with the correct time interval of Earth's history.
Premises:
modern birds and mammals diversify
birds appear; dinosaurs diversify and dominate
initial radiation of animal phyla
continents coalesce into Pangaea; mass extinction at the end of this period destroyed 85 percent of life
first vascular plants and jawed fishes appear
diversification of terrestrial vascular plants; first amphibians and insects
large swamp forests formed by vascular plants; first flying insects and amniotes
asteroid at the end of this period causes extinction of most dinosaurs
origin of mammals; Pangaea begins to break up
origin of life; evolution of prokaryotes
Responses:
Cretaceous
Carboniferous
Jurassic
Devonian
Archaean
Silurian
Cambrian
Triassic
Cenozoic - Tertiary
Permian
Correct Answer:
Premises:
Responses:
modern birds and mammals diversify
birds appear; dinosaurs diversify and dominate
initial radiation of animal phyla
continents coalesce into Pangaea; mass extinction at the end of this period destroyed 85 percent of life
first vascular plants and jawed fishes appear
diversification of terrestrial vascular plants; first amphibians and insects
large swamp forests formed by vascular plants; first flying insects and amniotes
asteroid at the end of this period causes extinction of most dinosaurs
origin of mammals; Pangaea begins to break up
origin of life; evolution of prokaryotes
Premises:
modern birds and mammals diversify
birds appear; dinosaurs diversify and dominate
initial radiation of animal phyla
continents coalesce into Pangaea; mass extinction at the end of this period destroyed 85 percent of life
first vascular plants and jawed fishes appear
diversification of terrestrial vascular plants; first amphibians and insects
large swamp forests formed by vascular plants; first flying insects and amniotes
asteroid at the end of this period causes extinction of most dinosaurs
origin of mammals; Pangaea begins to break up
origin of life; evolution of prokaryotes
Responses:
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