2nd Quiz

Hadeon (Eon)

Earth and Moon formed

Archaean (Eon)

First Prokaryotes, Archaea, Bacteria, Cyanobacteria

Proterozoic (Eon)

First eukaryotes , protista

Ediacaran (Period)

First animals, Porifera - sponges, Cnidaria - jellyfish

Phanerozoic (Eon)

Paleozoic (Era), Cambrian (Period), Ordovician (Period), Silurian (Period), Devonian (Period), Carboniferous (Period), Permian (Period)

Paleozoic (Era)

Cambrian (Period), Ordovician (Period), Silurian (Period), Devonian (Period), Carboniferous (Period), Permian (Period)

Cambrian (Period)

First Platyhelminthes - flatworms, Mollusca - mollusks, Annelida - segmented worms, Arthropoda - arthropods, Echinodermata - echinoderms, Chordata - chordates

Ordovician (Period)

First fungi and non-vascular plants

Silurian (Period)

First early vascular plants and land arthropods - millipedes, arachnids

Devonian (Period)

First Chondrichthyes - sharks, Osteichthyes - bony fish, Insects, Amphibia, Pteridophyta - true ferns

Carboniferous (Period)

First gymnosperms - conifers and reptiles

Permian (Period)

First Cycadophyta - cycads and Ginkgophyta - ginkos

Mesozoic (Era)

Triassic (Period) and Cretaceous (Period)

Triassic (Period)

First dinosaurs and mammalia

Cretaceous (Period)

First Angiosperms - flowering plants and Aves - birds

Cenozoic (Era)

Paleogene (Period), Neogene (Period), Quaternary (Period), Pleistocene (Epoch)-Ice Age, Holocene (Epoch)-Modern History

Paleogene (Period)

First primata

Neogene (Period)

First hominidae

Quaternary (Period)

Pleistocene (Epoch) and Holocene (Epoch)

Pleistocene (Epoch) - Ice Age

First Genus Homo

Holocene (Epoch)

Modern History

Hierarchical Classification

The system of grouping organisms into categories based on shared characteristics.

Domain

Eukarya

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Primata

Family

Hominidae

Genus

Homo

species

sapiens