CofC - Geology 105 PEO #3 w/ Carew
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. ___ are the earliest evidence for land vegetation within the fossil file. - ANSWER-Spores
2. __________ are the oldest-known fossils of eukaryotes inside the fossil report. -
ANSWER-Grypania
3. "Treptichnus pedium" burrows are used to define the start of which geologic length? -
ANSWER-Cambrian
4. 4 Basic ORGANIC substances essential for all dwelling things? - ANSWER-- Proteins
- Carbs
- Lipids
- Nucleic Acids
5. A collision among Southern Laurentia and Baltica-Avalonia occured for the duration of
the __ Period, and is referred to as the ___ Orogeny. - ANSWER-Devonian, Acadian
6. Age (in b.Yr.) of oldest recognised stromatolites? - ANSWER-three.Five billion years
antique
7. By what times does the geologic evidence suggest that ocean basins were complete of
water? - ANSWER-three.2 billion years in the past
8. Chemical fossils in the form of sterane in 2.7 billion-year-vintage rocks is regarded as
viable proof for the life of _____________ at that point? - ANSWER-Eurkaryotes
9. Data that Supports the Endosymbiosis Theory? - ANSWER-Ultrastructure of
Eukaryote organelle matches its ancestors organelles
10.During maximum of the Paleozoic Era, where was Laurentia located? - ANSWER-At the
equator
11.During which three geologic Periods did extensive continental glaciation arise? -
ANSWER-Late Ordovician, Late Devonian, and Late Carboniferous
12.During which geologic period did the first forests develop on Earth? -
ANSWER-Devonian
13.During which geologic Period do all the following appear inside the fossil report?
(placoderms, Chondrichthyes, coelacanths, rhipidistians, ostracoderms, Dipnoi) -
ANSWER-Devonian
14.During which geologic period was there vast limestone deposition throughout most of
Laurentia, which produced the rock used for lots federal buildings and the Empire State
Building? - ANSWER-Early Carboniferous (Mississippian)
15.Evidence for Granitoid being the oldest crust? - ANSWER-Granitoids are beneath
Greenstones, consequently they're older (Law of Superposition)
16.Fossil proof for what sort of terrestrial invertebrates appears first in the fossil record? -
ANSWER-Wingless insects
17.Fossils of Pikaia from the Mid-Cambrian "Burgess Shale", and similar fossils from Early
Cambrian rocks in China, are many of the earliest recognized fossil evidence for
_________. - ANSWER-Chordata
, 18.Generally a rock kind NOT seen in greenstone belts? - ANSWER-Limestone
19.How do Sarcopterygii range from Actinopterygii? - ANSWER-- Sarco --> lobe-finned
- Actino --> ray-finned
20.How much of our modern atmosphere is retained from Earth's primordial surroundings? -
ANSWER-Less than 1%
21.In what form of environment did the transition from fish --> amphibian take region? -
ANSWER-Rivers and swamps
22.In what way were the tender-bodied fossils of organisms in the Ediacara Biota
preserved? - ANSWER-Impressions between skinny sand and dust layers
23.Jaws advanced by using the change of what? - ANSWER-Gill arches or bars
24.List the 4 tendencies of Phylum Chordata. - ANSWER-dorsal nerve chord, notochord,
publish-anal tail, pharyngeal slits
25.Mass extinction of marine animals on the give up of the Ordovician + Devonian Periods
became caused by...? - ANSWER-Large-scale continental glaciation leading to the
regression of the sea
26.Most of the rocks that comprise the Archean greenstones have been fashioned at what
particular plate tectonic settings? - ANSWER-1.) Ocean Ridges
2.) Subduction Zones
27.Plants are divisible into two essential groups known as bryophytes and tracheophytes.
Possession of what characteristic is used to distinguish the tracheophytes from the
bryophytes? - ANSWER-Vascular or woody tissue
28.Small shelly fossils, which can be the proof for the first animals with mineralized
skeletons, are in the main determined in rocks of ____ age. - ANSWER-Early Cambrian
29.Some of the rocks exposed below the limestone lip at Niagara Falls contain rocks
referred to as the Queenston deltaic wedge. They consist of ____ that file an orogeny at
that point. - ANSWER-Ordovician sandstone and shale
30.The capability to provide collagen is an crucial feature of animals that allows them to
grow huge, have a rigid frame, and produce shells. What seems to be essential for
formation of collagen? - ANSWER-Abundant oxygen
31.The Appalachian Mountains were uplifted in the late Carboniferous Period in an event
known as the ____________ Orogeny. - ANSWER-Allegheny Orogeny
32.The Catskill Deltaic Wedge offers evidence for what? - ANSWER-continental collision
inside the Devonian, Acadian Orogeny
33.The cause of cyclical terrrestrial and marine deposits called cyclothems become in all
likelihood repetitive what? - ANSWER-Glaciation/Deglaciation in Gondwanaland
34.The coal reserves of the Appalachian Basin, which fueled the American Industrial
Revolution, were deposited during the ____ Period. - ANSWER-Late Carboniferous
(Pennsylvanian)
35.The dominant fishes of the marine surroundings during the Devonian have been the
______. - ANSWER-Placoderms
36.The dominant group of early amphibians is known as for the form of enamel they have in
common with their lobe-finned fish ancestors is what? - ANSWER-Labyrinthodonts
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. ___ are the earliest evidence for land vegetation within the fossil file. - ANSWER-Spores
2. __________ are the oldest-known fossils of eukaryotes inside the fossil report. -
ANSWER-Grypania
3. "Treptichnus pedium" burrows are used to define the start of which geologic length? -
ANSWER-Cambrian
4. 4 Basic ORGANIC substances essential for all dwelling things? - ANSWER-- Proteins
- Carbs
- Lipids
- Nucleic Acids
5. A collision among Southern Laurentia and Baltica-Avalonia occured for the duration of
the __ Period, and is referred to as the ___ Orogeny. - ANSWER-Devonian, Acadian
6. Age (in b.Yr.) of oldest recognised stromatolites? - ANSWER-three.Five billion years
antique
7. By what times does the geologic evidence suggest that ocean basins were complete of
water? - ANSWER-three.2 billion years in the past
8. Chemical fossils in the form of sterane in 2.7 billion-year-vintage rocks is regarded as
viable proof for the life of _____________ at that point? - ANSWER-Eurkaryotes
9. Data that Supports the Endosymbiosis Theory? - ANSWER-Ultrastructure of
Eukaryote organelle matches its ancestors organelles
10.During maximum of the Paleozoic Era, where was Laurentia located? - ANSWER-At the
equator
11.During which three geologic Periods did extensive continental glaciation arise? -
ANSWER-Late Ordovician, Late Devonian, and Late Carboniferous
12.During which geologic period did the first forests develop on Earth? -
ANSWER-Devonian
13.During which geologic Period do all the following appear inside the fossil report?
(placoderms, Chondrichthyes, coelacanths, rhipidistians, ostracoderms, Dipnoi) -
ANSWER-Devonian
14.During which geologic period was there vast limestone deposition throughout most of
Laurentia, which produced the rock used for lots federal buildings and the Empire State
Building? - ANSWER-Early Carboniferous (Mississippian)
15.Evidence for Granitoid being the oldest crust? - ANSWER-Granitoids are beneath
Greenstones, consequently they're older (Law of Superposition)
16.Fossil proof for what sort of terrestrial invertebrates appears first in the fossil record? -
ANSWER-Wingless insects
17.Fossils of Pikaia from the Mid-Cambrian "Burgess Shale", and similar fossils from Early
Cambrian rocks in China, are many of the earliest recognized fossil evidence for
_________. - ANSWER-Chordata
, 18.Generally a rock kind NOT seen in greenstone belts? - ANSWER-Limestone
19.How do Sarcopterygii range from Actinopterygii? - ANSWER-- Sarco --> lobe-finned
- Actino --> ray-finned
20.How much of our modern atmosphere is retained from Earth's primordial surroundings? -
ANSWER-Less than 1%
21.In what form of environment did the transition from fish --> amphibian take region? -
ANSWER-Rivers and swamps
22.In what way were the tender-bodied fossils of organisms in the Ediacara Biota
preserved? - ANSWER-Impressions between skinny sand and dust layers
23.Jaws advanced by using the change of what? - ANSWER-Gill arches or bars
24.List the 4 tendencies of Phylum Chordata. - ANSWER-dorsal nerve chord, notochord,
publish-anal tail, pharyngeal slits
25.Mass extinction of marine animals on the give up of the Ordovician + Devonian Periods
became caused by...? - ANSWER-Large-scale continental glaciation leading to the
regression of the sea
26.Most of the rocks that comprise the Archean greenstones have been fashioned at what
particular plate tectonic settings? - ANSWER-1.) Ocean Ridges
2.) Subduction Zones
27.Plants are divisible into two essential groups known as bryophytes and tracheophytes.
Possession of what characteristic is used to distinguish the tracheophytes from the
bryophytes? - ANSWER-Vascular or woody tissue
28.Small shelly fossils, which can be the proof for the first animals with mineralized
skeletons, are in the main determined in rocks of ____ age. - ANSWER-Early Cambrian
29.Some of the rocks exposed below the limestone lip at Niagara Falls contain rocks
referred to as the Queenston deltaic wedge. They consist of ____ that file an orogeny at
that point. - ANSWER-Ordovician sandstone and shale
30.The capability to provide collagen is an crucial feature of animals that allows them to
grow huge, have a rigid frame, and produce shells. What seems to be essential for
formation of collagen? - ANSWER-Abundant oxygen
31.The Appalachian Mountains were uplifted in the late Carboniferous Period in an event
known as the ____________ Orogeny. - ANSWER-Allegheny Orogeny
32.The Catskill Deltaic Wedge offers evidence for what? - ANSWER-continental collision
inside the Devonian, Acadian Orogeny
33.The cause of cyclical terrrestrial and marine deposits called cyclothems become in all
likelihood repetitive what? - ANSWER-Glaciation/Deglaciation in Gondwanaland
34.The coal reserves of the Appalachian Basin, which fueled the American Industrial
Revolution, were deposited during the ____ Period. - ANSWER-Late Carboniferous
(Pennsylvanian)
35.The dominant fishes of the marine surroundings during the Devonian have been the
______. - ANSWER-Placoderms
36.The dominant group of early amphibians is known as for the form of enamel they have in
common with their lobe-finned fish ancestors is what? - ANSWER-Labyrinthodonts
