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According to radiometric dating techniques, the earth is about 4.6 billion years old, or 4.6 using
standard geologic time abbreviations. - Answer✔Ga
At plate boundaries where continental crust and ocean crust are running into each other, the
oceanic crust will be subducted beneath the continental crust because oceanic crust is than
continental crust. - Answer✔thinner but more dense
A "Depositional environment" is best described as - Answer✔the ancient environment that
existed at the time loose sediment was deposited.
A dinosaur is defined by all these traits, except for: - Answer✔scales (instead of fur or feathers)
A phlyogeny is a: - Answer✔family tree of evolutionarily related taxa
According the Darwinian Evolution, evolution by natural selection is described as: -
Answer✔survival of the fittest, where the "fittest" means those able to produce the most
offspring.
According the the principle of priority, the giant long-necked dinosaur pictured below should be
called a: - Answer✔apatosaurus
Ammonites are: - Answer✔extinct squid relatives with chambered shells.
An impression left behind by an organism being pressed into soft sediment is called a mold.
When minerals fill that void, the resulting fossil is called a ___________ fossil. - Answer✔cast
As sediment is carried down river, the grains being transported: - Answer✔become
progressively smaller as they are ground down
Before flowering plants, the plants of the early Mesozoic were mostly: - Answer✔ferns, cycads
and ginkoes
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Biostratigraphy is the process of using "index fossils" to determine the age of a rock unit. An
ideal index fossil comes from organisms that had: - Answer✔a broad geographic distribution,
but a short time from appearance to extinction in the fossil record.
Birds evolved after dinosaurs became extinct at the end of the Cretaceous. - Answer✔False.
Carbonization is a type of fossilization that: - Answer✔creates a 2D film of residue where an
organic object used to be.
Dinosaur fossils are commonly found in sedimentary rocks with sediment that indicates the
environment had___________ at the time the dinosaur was buried. - Answer✔a river flowing
through it.
Dinosaurs have an _______ posture while other members of the reptile family have a _______
posture. - Answer✔upright / sprawling
Dinosaurs produced offspring through: - Answer✔hard shelled eggs
Dragonflies are a commonly used insect in paleo-art of dinosaurs because they give us a familiar
reference point to convey a sense of scale. This is problematic because: - Answer✔dragonflies
in the Cretaceous were much larger than they are today.
During the Early Cretaceous, __________ were the dominant reef building invertebrates. -
Answer✔rudist clams
Early in the Mesozoic, landmass was concentrated in a large supercontinent called: -
Answer✔Pangea
Epicontinental Seas are: - Answer✔shallow oceans on continental crust
Examine the cladogram below. If these letters represented different taxa, which of the letter is
most closely related to taxa A? - Answer✔B
Examine the cladogram below. Which letters are the most closely related: - Answer✔D and E
Examine the image below. Which letter is most closely related to A? - Answer✔B
Fossilization typically involves which of the following processes? - Answer✔burial and some
form of mineralization
Fossils are almost always found in which type of rock? - Answer✔Sedimentary
Fossils are most commonly preserved in areas that had _________ at the time of the organisms'
death. - Answer✔high rates of sedimentation, like a river
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GLY1102 - UF - Exam 1 Questions And
Answers| Already Graded A+| Latest Update.
According to radiometric dating techniques, the earth is about 4.6 billion years old, or 4.6 using
standard geologic time abbreviations. - Answer✔Ga
At plate boundaries where continental crust and ocean crust are running into each other, the
oceanic crust will be subducted beneath the continental crust because oceanic crust is than
continental crust. - Answer✔thinner but more dense
A "Depositional environment" is best described as - Answer✔the ancient environment that
existed at the time loose sediment was deposited.
A dinosaur is defined by all these traits, except for: - Answer✔scales (instead of fur or feathers)
A phlyogeny is a: - Answer✔family tree of evolutionarily related taxa
According the Darwinian Evolution, evolution by natural selection is described as: -
Answer✔survival of the fittest, where the "fittest" means those able to produce the most
offspring.
According the the principle of priority, the giant long-necked dinosaur pictured below should be
called a: - Answer✔apatosaurus
Ammonites are: - Answer✔extinct squid relatives with chambered shells.
An impression left behind by an organism being pressed into soft sediment is called a mold.
When minerals fill that void, the resulting fossil is called a ___________ fossil. - Answer✔cast
As sediment is carried down river, the grains being transported: - Answer✔become
progressively smaller as they are ground down
Before flowering plants, the plants of the early Mesozoic were mostly: - Answer✔ferns, cycads
and ginkoes
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Biostratigraphy is the process of using "index fossils" to determine the age of a rock unit. An
ideal index fossil comes from organisms that had: - Answer✔a broad geographic distribution,
but a short time from appearance to extinction in the fossil record.
Birds evolved after dinosaurs became extinct at the end of the Cretaceous. - Answer✔False.
Carbonization is a type of fossilization that: - Answer✔creates a 2D film of residue where an
organic object used to be.
Dinosaur fossils are commonly found in sedimentary rocks with sediment that indicates the
environment had___________ at the time the dinosaur was buried. - Answer✔a river flowing
through it.
Dinosaurs have an _______ posture while other members of the reptile family have a _______
posture. - Answer✔upright / sprawling
Dinosaurs produced offspring through: - Answer✔hard shelled eggs
Dragonflies are a commonly used insect in paleo-art of dinosaurs because they give us a familiar
reference point to convey a sense of scale. This is problematic because: - Answer✔dragonflies
in the Cretaceous were much larger than they are today.
During the Early Cretaceous, __________ were the dominant reef building invertebrates. -
Answer✔rudist clams
Early in the Mesozoic, landmass was concentrated in a large supercontinent called: -
Answer✔Pangea
Epicontinental Seas are: - Answer✔shallow oceans on continental crust
Examine the cladogram below. If these letters represented different taxa, which of the letter is
most closely related to taxa A? - Answer✔B
Examine the cladogram below. Which letters are the most closely related: - Answer✔D and E
Examine the image below. Which letter is most closely related to A? - Answer✔B
Fossilization typically involves which of the following processes? - Answer✔burial and some
form of mineralization
Fossils are almost always found in which type of rock? - Answer✔Sedimentary
Fossils are most commonly preserved in areas that had _________ at the time of the organisms'
death. - Answer✔high rates of sedimentation, like a river
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