1. Arrange the following time periods from oldest to youngest. Cenozoic, Hadean, Ordovician, Triassic.. 2. Which represents a longer period of time? a.From the first appearance of vertebrates until the extinction of the dinosaurs b.From the extinction of the dinosaurs until the appearance of Homo sapiens a.From the first appearance of vertebrates until the extinction of the dinosaurs b.From the extinction of the dinosaurs until the appearance of Homo sapiens Solution 1. ANS: Time periods from oldest to youngest Cenozoic - 65 0 Million years (Present Time) Youngest Triassic - 213 248 Million years Ordovician - 435 492 Million years Hadean - 4500 – 4000 Million years oldest 2. ANS: a. From the first appearance of vertebrates until the extinction of the dinosaurs. Explanation: From the first appearance of vertebrates until the extinction of the dinosaurs took several 100’s of million years. From the (Jurassic time) dinosaur’s time to until the appearance of Homo sapiens took just 200 million years only..