Geol 103 Unit 3 Exam Review

Question 1

Primates include

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Adapids, Lemurs, Humans

Question 2

Ornithiscian hips include

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Rotated pelvis, inline with ischium

Question 3

What animals originated after the Permian-Triassic extiction?

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Marine Reptiles, Turtles, Mammals, Dinosaurs

Question 4

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

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Sonoma

Question 5

Pleistocene clmate was

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Moist, Cool

Question 6

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

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true

Question 7

Which animal has grazing teeth?

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Mammoth

Question 8

Saurischian dinosaurs include which of the following:

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Sauropods, Theropods

Question 9

What characteristic does NOT distinguish Dinosaurs?

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Closed hip socket

Question 10

Hominids include:

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Genus Homo, Humans, Genus Australopithecus

Question 11

Loss of at least 50% of living species is called

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Mass extinction

Question 12

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

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Eastward shift of deformation and igneous activity

Question 13

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

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true

Question 14

Animals with elongate limbs, on toes are

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Digitigrade, fast

Question 15

What doe NOT characterize the Sevier orogeny?

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Added tiny granitic batholiths

Question 16

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

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Three functional toes

Question 17

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

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Shallowed

Question 18

Which is NOT a characteristic of a Primate?

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Small eyes

Question 19

Diversification of dinosaur taxa occurred during…

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Late Triassic

Question 20

What began 2.4 Million years ago?

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Ice Age

Question 21

Ornithischian dinosaurs include which of the following:

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Thyreophoria, Ceratopsians

Question 22

What doe NOT characterize the Laramide orogeny?

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Thrust faulting

Question 23

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

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Lineages of both are found in the fossil record

Question 24

True or False: Marine reptiles are included in Dinosauria

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false

Question 25

What is TRUE of the Cordilleran orogeny?

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

Question 26

I should be able to EXPLAIN the True/False questions

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true

Question 27

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

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Isostatic rebound

Question 28

Saurischian hips include

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Forward facing pubis

Question 29

What is true of Cenozoic life?

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Angiosperms became dominant plant, Mammals became dominant animals

Question 30

What characterizes Triassic paleogeology?

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Rifting between Laurasian and Gondwana

Question 31

Pleistocene events were determined by which of the following

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Carbon 14 and dendrochronology, Isotopes from ice cores, Plankton

Question 32

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

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true

Question 33

Good Luck!

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You can do it!!!, YEAHH!!

Question 34

Which is NOT a cause of glaciation?

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Open marine currents

Question 35

Why are there few primate fossil specimens?

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Tropical habitats destroy bones quickly

Question 36

Which are the two clades of Dinosauria?

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Saurischian, Ornithischian

Question 37

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

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Space debris

Question 38

What characterizes Jurassic paleogeology?

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North America separates from Africa

Question 39

I should review my field trip notes

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true

Question 40

Australopithecines (varous extinct hominids) include

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"Lucy", Large jaw muscles, Small size

Question 41

Which did NOT happen during the Mesozoic era?

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Orogenies stop

Question 42

What doe NOT characterize the Nevadan orogeny?

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Triassic-Jurassic in age, Added huge accreted terrains

Question 43

How many periods of glaciation have occurred on Earth?

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5

Question 44

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

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false

Question 45

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

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Browser teeth, for leaf eating

Question 46

What characterizes Cretaceous paleogeology?

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Final seperation of Pangaea

Question 47

I should spend most of my time reviewing previous units

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false

Question 48

What is FALSE of grasses

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Are gymnosperms

Question 49

I should continue to review the study guide

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true

Geol 103 Unit 3 Exam Review

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Geol 103 Unit 3 Exam Review

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