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Overall how has the climate changed during the Cenozoic era

it got cooler

In which era did the supercontinent Pangaea break up

Pangaea broke up in the Mesozoic Era.

What is a subcategory of a period

epoch

What turned out to be a hoax

A Fraud

Put time divisions in order from longest to shortest

Eon, Era, and Epoch: APEX :D

Which of the following dod not occur during the Cenozoic era

Several periods of mass extinction

Was the earth around 7 billion years ago

No, the earth wasn't around 7 billion years ago. Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago.

What is an important characteristic of an index fossil apex

It must have lived for a short geologic period of time.

How has Earth changed during our current era

Dense forest developed

What caused disappearance of land bridges

Shrinking of the polar ice caps

What is a possible explanation for why the giant ice caps that covered a supercontinet in the paleozoic era melted

volcanic outgassing increased the greenhouse effect

What is current era today

The current era today is Cenozoic

Which of the following did not occur during the cenezoic era

The formation of the ozone layer

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