Recall from previous activities in this lesson which era is sometimes referred to as the age of mammals. locate and click on this section of the geologic time scale, and list the other possible names that could have been used to describe this era, and why.

The Cenozoic is the age of mammals.
It was during the Cenozoic that these lifeforms proliferated:

- Grasses
- Flowering plants
- Birds
- Rodents
- Snakes
Also, Antarctica developed its ice sheet through most of the Cenozoic.

Like many students at university, you may be unhappy about the results you attain in exams. you may feel that even with all you are doing there must be something more -- or different-- you could be doing to get better grades. we have all at some time or other heard of that student who only studies a couple of hours for final exams and scores a's every time. we stand in awe of those who seem to breeze through without undue effort and seem to need very little in the way of studying to nail an exam. the reasons for success, in what i think are the vast majority of cases, are less esoteric than many students think: successful students consistently apply a series of productive strategies with view to attaining clearly identified learning and grade goals throughout the academic term.

Prioritizing is the answer