Triassic Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Around when did mammals first appear? - ANSWER-200-245 MYB During what era did mammals first appear? - ANSWER-Mesozoic When did mammalian adaptive radiation occur? - ANSWER-turn of the Cenozoic Era; Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary What periods make up the Mesozoic Era? - ANSWER-Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous During what years did the Mesozoic Era span? - ANSWER-245-66 MYA What periods make up the Cenozoic Era? - ANSWER-Tertiary, Quaternary During what years did the Cenozoic Era sp...

APSC 151 – Midterm Exam Questions With Verified Answers Compared to the age of the Universe of about 14 billion years, the currently accepted age of Earth is about ________ years as determined by using radioactivity for dating rocks and minerals. A) 4.6 thousand B) 4.6 billion C) 5.4 million D) 13.7 billion - answerB The ________ division of the geologic time scale is an era of the Phanerozoic Eon. A) Paleocene B) Paleozoic C) Permian D) Proterozoic - answerB The Earth's core wa...

What year was the term Dinosauria coined - ANSWER-1842 Who coined the term Dinosauria - ANSWER-Richard Owen What does the term dinosauria mean - ANSWER-terrible lizard where did dinosaurs live - ANSWER-all 7 continents what years did dinosaurs live - ANSWER-225-66 million years ago what periods did dinosaurs live in - ANSWER-late triassic, all of the jurrasic and cretatious What era did the dinosaurs live in? - ANSWER-Mesozoic Era What is the source of earth's hydrocarbons ...

WIS2552 Topics 1-8 Graded A+ Multicellularity might have evolved from coloniality. ️true Some of Pasteur's sterile water flasks are still on display today. ️True Both mitochondria and chloroplasts have two membranes. ️true Protenoid spheres could have evolved via ️self assembly Conifers evolved in the ️Permian The ___ is the period of the first vascular plants. ️silurian Most scientists think the earth is ___ years old. ️4.5 billion. multicellularity might have evo...

Some nitrogen is fixed by the action of lightning. correct answers true The first dinosaurs appeared in the ____. correct answers Triassic the ____ are broad-winged soaring species correct answers buteos the ____ era is broken down into epochs correct answers cenozoic gerbes are loon-like birds with ____ feet correct answers lobed the development of young from unfertilized eggs is called correct answers parthenogenesis the ____ were African ratites introduced to Australia corre...

Era (youngest to oldest)Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Paleozoic, Proterozoic, Archean, Hadean Period (youngest to oldest)Quaternary, Neogene, Paleogene, Cretaceous, Jurassic, Triassic, Permian, Carboniferous, Devonian, Silurian, Ordovician, Cambrian, Ediacaran Epoch (youngest to oldest)Holocene, Pleistocene, Pliocene, Miocene, Oligocene, Eocene, Paleocene Principle of Superpositionolder rocks will be on the bottom while younger rocks will be on the top, can be used to get a rough estimate of time...

Erectile feathers on the head are a sexually selected trait in _____. correct answers Prairie chickens Some ammonia is mineralized as correct answers NH+4 Fungi are characterized by having cells with a cell wall made of ______. correct answers Chitin Darwin argued that those individuals that ____ were naturally selected. correct answers Had more offspring Lampreys and hagfishes belong to the class correct answers Agnatha Multicellularity might have evolved from coloniality. correc...

EAPS 112 Chapter 14 Pre/Post Test Questions & Answers 2023/2024 What geologic event is responsible for creating the gold that made prospectors rush to California in the late 1840s? - ANSWER-emplacement of plutons during the Nevadan Orogeny The richest uranium-bearing Mesozoic rocks in North America are found in the ________ United States and are associated with the complex mineral ________ . - ANSWER-western; carnotite The Cordilleran orogenies, from oldest to youngest, are ________ . -...

Extinction and Diversification: Extinction and Extirpation and Mass Extinction - a widespread and rapid decrease in the biodiversity Extinction and Diversification: 5 previous mass extinctions - Ordovician, Devonian, Permian, Triassic, Cretaceous Extinction and Diversification: The Permian's high oxygen levels allowed? - 30% Extinction and Diversification: How could bias in the fossil record influence our understanding of prior mass extinctions? - These biases are important but relatively...

WIS2552 Topic 1 The endosymbiosis theory argues that a ____ relationship was established between two cells. ️mutualistic The endosymbiosis theory argues that small prokaryotic cells were engulfed by ____. ️larger prokaryotic cells The first hominids appeared at the end of the ____. ️Tertiary The first fungi evolved in the ____. ️Ordovician Francisco Redi did an experiment to show that meat did not produce maggots by the process of ____. ️spontaneous generaiton The ___...