EOSC 114: Impacts Glossary Review Questions with Complete Solutions Rated 100%

EOSC 114: Impacts Glossary Review Questions with Complete Solutions Rated 100% anoxia - Answers a lack of oxygen atmosphere - Answers layer of gases surrounding the lithosphere biodiversity - Answers global sum of all ecosystems biostratigraphy - Answers correlation of rocks using fossils Cambrian - Answers oldest period of the Phanerozoic/Paleozoic Cenozoic - Answers the most recent grouping of geological periods in the Phanerozoic correlation - Answers matching geological sections that might be separated by large distances Cretaceous - Answers youngest period of the Mesozoic Cross-Cutting Relationships - Answers method of deduction of relative age of geological sections Cuvier, George - Answers established concept of extinction Deep Time - Answers understanding of extreme age of Earth Devonian - Answers geological period in the Paleozoic Earth System Science - Answers understanding Earth as an interaction of many systems (spheres) ecosystem - Answers a collection of living organisms that interacts with the Earth system extinct/extinction - Answers death of every member of a species Faunal Succession - Answers change in fossil species over time flood basalt - Answers basalt lava produced by large scale volcanic activity foraminifera - Answers microfossils that commonly secrete a calcium carbonate shell fossil range - Answers length of geological time a species existed on Earth Ga - Answers Giga annum; billions of years ago glaciation/glacial period - Answers cold climatic periods marked by the advance of glaciers Gondwana - Answers southern part of Pangaea greenhouse gas - Answers gases in the atmosphere that contribute to global warming Hutton, James - Answers Scottish Geologist; used cross cutting relationships in Earth age studies hydrosphere - Answers all Earth's liquid water lithosphere - Answers outer layer of the Earth including the crust and uppermost mantle Ma - Answers Mega annum; millions of years aga Mesozoic - Answers grouping of geological periods oldest Triassic, youngest Cretaceous microfossils - Answers all fossils just at the limit or smaller than can be seen by naked eye Ordivician - Answers a period in the Paleozoic Original Horizontality - Answers a stratigraphic principle Paleogene - Answers oldest geological periods of the Cenozoic Pangaea - Answers large landmass that existed during the Permian period - Answers geological time division Permian - Answers a geological period; youngest period in the Paleozoic Phanerozoic - Answers grouping of all geological periods after the Precambrian Precambrian - Answers grouping of all geological periods older than the Cambrian/Phanerozoic radiation - Answers the emergence of new species following a mass extinction event Smith, William - Answers English engineer who developed the concept of faunal succession Steno, Nicholas - Answers Danish anatomist who developed the principles of stratigraphy strata - Answers layers of sedimentary rocks or lava flows stratigraphy/stratigraphic - Answers study of the manner in which strata are laid down supercontinent - Answers a landmass comprising of more than one continental core Superposition - Answers stratigraphic principle which says "What is on top is youngest" Triassic - Answers youngest geological period of the Mesozoic Unconformity - Answers an erosion surface separating two rock masses of different ages Ussher, James - Answers Archbishop of Armagh who believed Earth was created in 4004 BC (6,000 yrs)