Wildlife timeline Trivia Quiz

Q1: What period saw the rise of the first mammals?

Answer: Triassic Period

Q2: During which era did the first birds appear?

Answer: Mesozoic Era

Q3: What extinction event killed the non-avian dinosaurs 66 million years ago?

Answer: Cretaceous-Paleogene Extinction

Q4: In what period did the first amphibians evolve from fish?

Answer: Devonian Period

Q5: Which epoch began about 11,700 years ago and continues today?

Answer: Holocene Epoch

Q6: What was the name of the supercontinent that broke apart during the Mesozoic Era?

Answer: Pangaea

Q7: During which period did the first flowering plants appear?

Answer: Cretaceous Period

Q8: What major extinction event occurred at the end of the Permian Period?

Answer: Great Dying

Q9: In what era did the first multicellular animals evolve?

Answer: Proterozoic Eon

Q10: Which period is known as the 'Age of Fishes'?

Answer: Devonian Period

Q11: What geological period lasted from about 252 to 66 million years ago?

Answer: Mesozoic Era

Q12: During which epoch did the first hominids appear?

Answer: Pliocene Epoch

Q13: What period saw the emergence of the first reptiles?

Answer: Carboniferous Period

Q14: Which era spans from Earth's formation to about 541 million years ago?

Answer: Precambrian Time

Q15: What extinction event marked the end of the Ordovician Period?

Answer: Ordovician-Silurian Extinction

Q16: During what period did the first forests appear?

Answer: Devonian Period

Q17: What era is known as the 'Age of Mammals'?

Answer: Cenozoic Era

Q18: Which period saw the diversification of marine life during the Paleozoic Era?

Answer: Cambrian Period

Q19: What geological event occurred about 66 million years ago that changed Earth's climate?

Answer: Asteroid Impact

Q20: During which epoch did the Ice Age occur?

Answer: Pleistocene Epoch