Earth and Space: Fossils and Extinction Review

Question 1

This is the age of a rock, based on the ages of the layers around it:

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Relative Age

Question 2

These volcanoes were the size of Europe, and erupted for about a million years:

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Siberian Traps

Question 3

This is evidence that an animal once existed:

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Trace Fossil

Question 4

This is a unit of time, divided into two or more periods:

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Eras

Question 5

What is the current Epoch that we live in?

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Holocene

Question 6

The Law of Superposition can be attributed to which scientist?

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Steno

Question 7

This Era had an explosion of diverse life:

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Paleozoic

Question 8

Organisms with hard parts or preserved, where those without are buried quickly are both part of

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Fossilization

Question 9

How many years ago was the first mass extinction?

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439 MYA

Question 10

True or False: One theory suggests the size of Pangea helped bring about the Permian:

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True

Question 11

This is formed when insects get stuck in tree sap, that later hardens around it:

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Amber

Question 12

It's not clear if this was 2 large or a series of smaller mass extinctions:

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Late Devonian

Question 13

Animals are preserved, due to bacteria not surviving in colder climates to decay the bodies:

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Freezing

Question 14

There have been how many mass extinctions?

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5

Question 15

These are breaks in Geologic Time, where rock layers erode away, or where no deposits.

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Unconformities

Question 16

This mass extinction wiped out the dinosaurs:

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Cretaceous - Tertiary

Question 17

This mass extinction involved the opening of the Atlantic Ocean:

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End Triassic

Question 18

When did the Permian Extinction take place?

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250 MYA

Question 19

How old is the Earth?

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4.5 Billion Years

Question 20

This is caused by the drying out of organisms, often found in drier climates:

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Mummification

Question 21

How many different ways can fossils be formed?

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Five

Question 22

This was the name of the first mass extinction:

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Ordovician - Silurian

Question 23

Ordered arrangement of rock layers, based on relative ages of the rocks:

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Geologic Column

Question 24

This was called "The Age of the Reptiles":

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Mesozoic

Question 25

How many years ago was the fifth mass extinction?

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65 MYA

Question 26

These are fossilized animal droppings:

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Coprolites

Question 27

This is a type of calendar geologists use to put events in their proper order:

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Geologic Time Scale

Question 28

When the fossil records are so complete, they can be further divided into these:

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Epochs

Question 29

A unique fossil that lived during a specific time:

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Index Fossil

Question 30

What was the name of the ancient supercontinent?

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Pangea

Question 31

This was called "The Age of Fishes"

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Devonian

Question 32

Is there a sixth mass extinction currently going on?

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Maybe

Question 33

What % of all types of species were believed to be wiped out during the Permian Extinction?

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90%

Question 34

This is where organic materials are replaced by minerals:

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Petrification

Question 35

Which scientist formed the Principle of Uniformitarianism?

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Hutton

Question 36

Animals get stuck in thick petroleum, and are later preserved by this method:

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Tar Pits

Question 37

This is the study of fossils:

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Palentology

Question 38

Eras are divided into shorter timeframes called what?

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Periods

Question 39

This is the name of the Era in which we currently live:

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Cenozoic

Question 40

What was the largest mass extinction?

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Permian

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