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Arrange the periods of palaeozoic era in ascending order in a geological time scale:

  1. Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian

  2. Cambrian, Devonian, Ordovician, Silurian, Carboniferous, Permian

  3. Cambrian, Ordovician, Devonian, Silurian, Carboniferous, Permian

  4. Silurian, Devonian, Cambrian, Ordovician, Permian, Carboniferous
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The correct chronological order of the Paleozoic periods from oldest to youngest is Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, and Permian.

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