- 1. During which geological period did the Tertiary Period occur?
A) Cenozoic
B) Paleozoic
C) Quaternary
D) Mesozoic
- 2. Which era follows the Tertiary Period?
A) Quaternary
B) Jurassic
C) Devonian
D) Cambrian
- 3. Approximately how many million years ago did the Tertiary Period begin?
A) 250
B) 145
C) 400
D) 66
- 4. Which prominent group of mammals evolved during the Tertiary Period?
A) Proboscideans
B) Cetaceans
C) Primates
D) Carnivorans
- 5. The Tertiary Period followed which major extinction event?
A) Ordovician-Silurian
B) Permian-Triassic
C) Cretaceous-Paleogene
D) Triassic-Jurassic
- 6. The Tertiary Period is characterized by the ____ of the Earth's climate.
A) Cooling
B) Extreme fluctuations
C) Stabilization
D) Warming
- 7. During the Tertiary Period, which group of mammals became fully adapted to aquatic life?
A) Cetaceans
B) Marsupials
C) Proboscideans
D) Primates
- 8. Which epoch of the Tertiary Period is characterized by a period of global cooling?
A) Miocene
B) Eocene
C) Oligocene
D) Pliocene
- 9. The Tertiary Period marks the beginning of the dominance of ____ on Earth.
A) Amphibians
B) Mammals
C) Insects
D) Dinosaurs
- 10. In which epoch of the Tertiary Period did early hominids begin to appear?
A) Pleistocene
B) Paleocene
C) Oligocene
D) Miocene
- 11. During the Tertiary Period, which continent saw a significant separation from Antarctica?
A) Africa
B) South America
C) Eurasia
D) Australia
- 12. Which epoch of the Tertiary Period is characterized by the emergence of modern primates?
A) Miocene
B) Eocene
C) Oligocene
D) Pliocene
- 13. The Tertiary Period began after the extinction of most ____.
A) Mammals
B) Reptiles
C) Insects
D) Dinosaurs
- 14. Which geological period immediately precedes the Tertiary Period?
A) Triassic
B) Jurassic
C) Carboniferous
D) Cretaceous
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