GLY 1102 Exam 3 Solution Manual Fully Solved Latest Update 2025 Graded A-
4 "continents" during the early Paleozoic - Answers Gondwanaland, Laurentia, Baltica, Siberia
What is Gondwanaland and where was it during much of the early Paleozoic? - Answers at the South
Pole covered by large sheets of ice
Where was Laurentia during the early Paleozoic and what climate did it have? - Answers at the equator,
warm climate with shallow seas
Was Laurentia east coast active or passive? - Answers active
What does high sea level mean for diversification of life, why? - Answers shallow water means warmer
water over interior, warmer water draws out more aquatic animals
Link between glaciers on land and sea level - Answers land glaciers melt and make sea levels rise
what effect did plant evolution have on climate? - Answers the evolution of land plants eventually helps
trigger late Paleozoic glaciation
what effect did plant evolution have on atmosphere? - Answers land plants let off Co2 which created
cooler atmosphere
Why is the late Paleozoic called the Carboniferous? - Answers transgression/regression create thick
repeating sequences of marine coal deposit
How is coal made? - Answers carbon, low oxygen (anoxic) environment, burial, time
Why was Laurentia a good place to make coal in late Paleozoic? - Answers most of the northern
continents had low relief at this time, sea level fluctuated quickly
What caused the "great dying" aka end of Permian extinction? - Answers volcanic eruption of Siberian
Traps
Why was the great dying so devastating ? - Answers 95% of marine and 70% of land life went extinct
What does global warming do to ocean circulation? - Answers ocean stagnates
What went away because of the end Permian Extinction? - Answers a great many invertebrate families
What came to be at the end of the Paleozoic? - Answers Pangaea
What happens to mountains once they are uplifted? - Answers they start to collapse and erode
what types of plate boundaries have mountains? - Answers all
Know the 3 Paleozoic Appalachian orogenies in chronological order - Answers Taconic (early Paleozoic)
Acadian (middle Paleozoic) Alleghanian (late Paleozoic)
4 "continents" during the early Paleozoic - Answers Gondwanaland, Laurentia, Baltica, Siberia
What is Gondwanaland and where was it during much of the early Paleozoic? - Answers at the South
Pole covered by large sheets of ice
Where was Laurentia during the early Paleozoic and what climate did it have? - Answers at the equator,
warm climate with shallow seas
Was Laurentia east coast active or passive? - Answers active
What does high sea level mean for diversification of life, why? - Answers shallow water means warmer
water over interior, warmer water draws out more aquatic animals
Link between glaciers on land and sea level - Answers land glaciers melt and make sea levels rise
what effect did plant evolution have on climate? - Answers the evolution of land plants eventually helps
trigger late Paleozoic glaciation
what effect did plant evolution have on atmosphere? - Answers land plants let off Co2 which created
cooler atmosphere
Why is the late Paleozoic called the Carboniferous? - Answers transgression/regression create thick
repeating sequences of marine coal deposit
How is coal made? - Answers carbon, low oxygen (anoxic) environment, burial, time
Why was Laurentia a good place to make coal in late Paleozoic? - Answers most of the northern
continents had low relief at this time, sea level fluctuated quickly
What caused the "great dying" aka end of Permian extinction? - Answers volcanic eruption of Siberian
Traps
Why was the great dying so devastating ? - Answers 95% of marine and 70% of land life went extinct
What does global warming do to ocean circulation? - Answers ocean stagnates
What went away because of the end Permian Extinction? - Answers a great many invertebrate families
What came to be at the end of the Paleozoic? - Answers Pangaea
What happens to mountains once they are uplifted? - Answers they start to collapse and erode
what types of plate boundaries have mountains? - Answers all
Know the 3 Paleozoic Appalachian orogenies in chronological order - Answers Taconic (early Paleozoic)
Acadian (middle Paleozoic) Alleghanian (late Paleozoic)
