test 4
Geology 106 with Yancey at Texas A&M University
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Textbook:
Evolution of the Earth
Created: 2010-04-12
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the opening of the atlantic ocean basin began
in the central atlantic region first, in the jurassic, near the location of the old hercynian alleghanian mountain belt:
all the above
the succession of events associated with opening of all the atlantic ocean basins is
rifting followed by separation and seafloor spreading
numerous salt domes are present in which of the following areas
gulf coastal plain
the gulf of mexico opened to its present width with the outward movement of the
yucatan peninsula
the southern atlantic ocean basin opened up in the
early cretaceous
the yellowstone hotspot first penetrated through the continental crust of north america in the
eocence
the dominant geologic structure of the basin and range geologic province consists of
block faulted mountains and valleys
the san andreas transform fault formed when north america overrode the
mid pacific rise
the gulf of california contains the
northeastern end of the mid pacific spreading axis
the laramide phase of mountain building is associated with
opening of the gulf of california rift and widespread block faulting to form the basin and range province
the major geologic structures resulting from laramide deformation in the rockies are
fault bounded, vertical uplifts
the cretaceous sevier orogenic phase in the eastern cordilleran movile belt consisted mostly of
block faulting and uplift
accelerated westward movement of north america during the mesozoic was the result of
opening of the atlantic ovean basin
the last major fragmentation even in the breakup of gondwana involved the separation of ____ from antartica
australia
the opening of the southern atlantic ocean basin in the early cretaceous separated the continents of
africa and south america
the end permian extinctions involved the complete extermination of
trilobites
The mass extinction which has become famous because of the disappearance of dinosaurs and because of the speculation about meteoroid impact causing the extinctions is that at the:
end cretaceous
The beginning of the breakup of Pangea started with _____ of the supercontinent that begin in the _____.
rifting; Triassic
The opening of the Atlantic Ocean basin began:
in the central Atlantic region first
B) in the Jurassic
C) near the location of the old Hercynian-Alleghanian mountain belt
D) the process of separating Laurasia from Gondwana
E) all of the above
The succession of events associated with opening of all the Atlantic ocean basins is:
rifting followed by separation and seafloor spreading
magma which produced the columbia river flood basalts was generated from
the upper mantle
the three main phases of the cordilleran orogeny are
batholith emplacement, sevier and laramide
the messinian salinity event developed during the
late miocene
the gulf of mexico began to form as a result of rifting accompanying the separation of north america from
west gondwana (africa-s. america)
the succession of events associated with opening of all the atlantic ocean basins is
rifting followed by separation and seafloor spreading
the supercontinent located over the southern rotational pole during the late paleozoic was
gondwana
toothe morphology in horses has changed in response to
adapting to grinding of tough angiosperm grasses
the life habits of horses changed from
browsing to grazing
which one of the following was not a trend in the evolution of horses
development of horns
the extinction of dinosaurs was important to the evolution of mammals because
it opened many habitats for mammals to occupy, lesser competition allowed mammals to diversify, with new adaptive opportunities, populations of mammals greatly increased
ALL THE ABOVE
ALL THE ABOVE
birds are most closely related to the
dinosaurs
the oldest bird fossil for which feathers are known is
archaeopteryx
the largest pterosaurs had wingspans of up to
10 m
About this deck
By: cameron chaney
Textbook: Evolution of the Earth
Created: 2010-04-12
Size: 33 flashcards
Views: 37
Textbook:
Evolution of the EarthCreated: 2010-04-12
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Views: 37
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