STONY BROOK GEO 103 EXAM 4 STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE
QUESTIONS 2026/2027
Three abrupt sea-level rises between 15,000 and 7000 years ago can be
documented by studying
A) Douglas fir trees.
B) moose horn corals.
C) deciduous forests.
D) prairie potholes. - Correct answer ✔✔ b. moosehorn corals
Bones of many animals that became extinct during early Holocene, which help
document the nature of the extinction event in North America, are found
A)
in tar pits in California.
B) near Folsom, New Mexico.
C) inside Freisenbhahn cave, Texas.
D) in Siberia and Alaska. - Correct answer ✔✔ a. tar pits in California
During Late Cretaceous, the Interior Seaway connected the
A) Atlantic
and Pacific Oceans.
B) Tethys Seaway and Atlantic Ocean.
C) Mowry Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.
D) Gulf of Mexico and Arctic Ocean. - Correct answer ✔✔ c. Mowry Sea and the Gulf of Mexico
Sea-level rise due to global warming may be most strongly affected by
, melting of
A) the Antarctic ice cap.
B) the Greenland ice cap.
C) the Arctic tundra.
D) mountain glaciers. - Correct answer ✔✔ a. The Antarctic ice cap
The modern ice age began about 34 million years ago because
A) extinctions
at that time transformed global ecosystems.
B) a major glacier began to form in Antarctica.
C) Australia separated from Antarctica.
D) clasts dropped from melting sea ice and ice bergs. - Correct answer ✔✔ b. a major glacier
began to form in Antarctica
The periods of the Cenozoic from oldest to youngest are
A) Silurian Ordovician Permian
B) Paleozoic Neozoic Pleistocene
C) Neogene Paleozoic Pleistocene
D) Paleogene Neogene Quaternary - Correct answer ✔✔ d. Paleogene Neogene Quarternary
The Palisades sill is part of the
A) Chile Formation.
B) Golconda and Roberts Mountains terranes.
C) Klamath Arc.
D) Central Atlantic Magmatic Province. - Correct answer ✔✔ d. Central Atlantic Magmatic
Province
QUESTIONS 2026/2027
Three abrupt sea-level rises between 15,000 and 7000 years ago can be
documented by studying
A) Douglas fir trees.
B) moose horn corals.
C) deciduous forests.
D) prairie potholes. - Correct answer ✔✔ b. moosehorn corals
Bones of many animals that became extinct during early Holocene, which help
document the nature of the extinction event in North America, are found
A)
in tar pits in California.
B) near Folsom, New Mexico.
C) inside Freisenbhahn cave, Texas.
D) in Siberia and Alaska. - Correct answer ✔✔ a. tar pits in California
During Late Cretaceous, the Interior Seaway connected the
A) Atlantic
and Pacific Oceans.
B) Tethys Seaway and Atlantic Ocean.
C) Mowry Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.
D) Gulf of Mexico and Arctic Ocean. - Correct answer ✔✔ c. Mowry Sea and the Gulf of Mexico
Sea-level rise due to global warming may be most strongly affected by
, melting of
A) the Antarctic ice cap.
B) the Greenland ice cap.
C) the Arctic tundra.
D) mountain glaciers. - Correct answer ✔✔ a. The Antarctic ice cap
The modern ice age began about 34 million years ago because
A) extinctions
at that time transformed global ecosystems.
B) a major glacier began to form in Antarctica.
C) Australia separated from Antarctica.
D) clasts dropped from melting sea ice and ice bergs. - Correct answer ✔✔ b. a major glacier
began to form in Antarctica
The periods of the Cenozoic from oldest to youngest are
A) Silurian Ordovician Permian
B) Paleozoic Neozoic Pleistocene
C) Neogene Paleozoic Pleistocene
D) Paleogene Neogene Quaternary - Correct answer ✔✔ d. Paleogene Neogene Quarternary
The Palisades sill is part of the
A) Chile Formation.
B) Golconda and Roberts Mountains terranes.
C) Klamath Arc.
D) Central Atlantic Magmatic Province. - Correct answer ✔✔ d. Central Atlantic Magmatic
Province
