Geol 103 Unit 3 Exam Review

Question 1

Saurischian dinosaurs include which of the following:

Accepted Answer

Sauropods, Theropods

Question 2

Which animal has grazing teeth?

Accepted Answer

Mammoth

Question 3

I should blindly memorize these questions because they are the same as the test

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false

Question 4

Grazer teeth, effective for grinding, are more efficient for processing grasses than

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Browser teeth, for leaf eating

Question 5

Horses, originating in North America, had which kind of teeth

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Lineages of both are found in the fossil record

Question 6

Diversification of dinosaur taxa occurred during…

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Late Triassic

Question 7

What characterizes Jurassic paleogeology?

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North America separates from Africa

Question 8

I should spend most of my time reviewing previous units

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false

Question 9

How many periods of glaciation have occurred on Earth?

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5

Question 10

What doe NOT characterize the Laramide orogeny?

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Thrust faulting

Question 11

I should be able to EXPLAIN the True/False questions

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true

Question 12

Primates include

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Humans, Adapids, Lemurs

Question 13

Which is NOT an evidence for the asteroid impact theory for the Cretaceous extinction

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Space debris

Question 14

Over time, the angle of the subducting plate ...

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Shallowed

Question 15

I should review my field trip notes

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true

Question 16

Pleistocene events were determined by which of the following

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Isotopes from ice cores, Carbon 14 and dendrochronology, Plankton

Question 17

Saurischian hips include

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Forward facing pubis

Question 18

Which are the two clades of Dinosauria?

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Ornithischian, Saurischian

Question 19

What characterizes Triassic paleogeology?

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Rifting between Laurasian and Gondwana

Question 20

Ornithischian dinosaurs include which of the following:

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Ceratopsians, Thyreophoria

Question 21

What began 2.4 Million years ago?

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Ice Age

Question 22

I should review topics from previous units that were on unit exams and emphasized in class

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true

Question 23

What doe NOT characterize the Sevier orogeny?

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Added tiny granitic batholiths

Question 24

Good Luck!

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You can do it!!!, YEAHH!!

Question 25

Australopithecines (varous extinct hominids) include

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Small size, "Lucy", Large jaw muscles

Question 26

I should review terms and topics from this Quiz if I didn't understand them

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true

Question 27

Animals with elongate limbs, on toes are

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Digitigrade, fast

Question 28

What characterizes Cretaceous paleogeology?

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Final seperation of Pangaea

Question 29

Which is NOT a characteristic shared by birds and theropod dinosaurs?

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Three functional toes

Question 30

Loss of at least 50% of living species is called

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Mass extinction

Question 31

What is FALSE of grasses

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Are gymnosperms

Question 32

Pleistocene clmate was

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Moist, Cool

Question 33

Which is NOT one of the three sub orogenies of the Cordilleran?

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Sonoma

Question 34

What is true of Cenozoic life?

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Angiosperms became dominant plant, Mammals became dominant animals

Question 35

Sea level fluctuations casued by rebound of the crust after glaciers melt demonstrates

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Isostatic rebound

Question 36

Which is NOT a cause of glaciation?

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Open marine currents

Question 37

What characteristic does NOT distinguish Dinosaurs?

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Closed hip socket

Question 38

Hominids include:

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Genus Australopithecus, Humans, Genus Homo

Question 39

What animals originated after the Permian-Triassic extiction?

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Dinosaurs, Turtles, Marine Reptiles, Mammals

Question 40

True or False: The abrasive nature of grasses due to silica content drove evolution of grazing

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true

Question 41

Ornithiscian hips include

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Rotated pelvis, inline with ischium

Question 42

What doe NOT characterize the Nevadan orogeny?

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Triassic-Jurassic in age, Added huge accreted terrains

Question 43

What effect did the angle change of the subducting plate have?

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Eastward shift of deformation and igneous activity

Question 44

What is TRUE of the Cordilleran orogeny?

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Related to the westward movement of North American plate, Mountain-building activity of Jurassic to the Cenozoic, A series of individual mountain-building events

Question 45

I should continue to review the study guide

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true

Question 46

Which is NOT a characteristic of a Primate?

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Small eyes

Question 47

True or False: Marine reptiles are included in Dinosauria

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false

Question 48

Why are there few primate fossil specimens?

Accepted Answer

Tropical habitats destroy bones quickly

Question 49

Which did NOT happen during the Mesozoic era?

Accepted Answer

Orogenies stop

Geol 103 Unit 3 Exam Review

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Geol 103 Unit 3 Exam Review

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