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Quiz 1 Solutions - Dinosaurs - Lifestyles of Big and Famous in Mesozoic | GEOL 3350, Quizzes of Geology

Material Type: Quiz; Class: Dinosaurs - Lifestyles of the Big and Famous in the Mesozoic; Subject: Geology; University: University of Georgia; Term: Spring 2010;

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Download Quiz 1 Solutions - Dinosaurs - Lifestyles of Big and Famous in Mesozoic | GEOL 3350 and more Quizzes Geology in PDF only on Docsity! wey | oe 7 it ‘Fl pring 2010 Quiz #1 Version 1 (g) Note: This test is worth 108 points. The Geologic Time Scale Fill-Ins equal 18 points and the True-False and Multiple Choice equal the remaining 90 points. Answers for the Geologic Time Scale Fill-In go on the test question sheet. The answers for the True- False and Multiple Choice go on the computer answer sheet. Multiple choice: Choose the best answer & then enter it on the scantron. CZ Z: Coa D. Si Cox 4, pe ce Ce A conditional explanation of an observed fact or serjes of facts is called data B. aphenomenon C. an hypothesis D. atheory — E. none of these The best place to look for dinosaur fossils is in rocks of age deposited in environments. metamorphic, Cenozoic, marine B. igneous, Paleozoic, marine oe sedimentary, Mesozoic, terrestrial both A. & B. | E. none of these } The Tyrannosaurus rex specimen known as “Sue” was bought by the Field Museum.at the University of Chicago for $ ; 8.36 B. 836 | C. 8,360 D. 83,600 - \B 8.36 million and dinosaur fossils occur together in the rock record. Le Pterosaur B. Pleisiosaur C. Human D. both A. & B. E. -all of these Both dinosaurs and humans belong to the clade | A. Chordata B. Amniota | D. Therapsida E. all of these ‘6 Theclade : includes carnivorous dinosaurs. \D A. Thyreophora B. | Theropoda C. Sauropodomorpha D. Omnithopoda E. Marginocephalia T and are noted for their scientific illustrations. on A. Charles Dickens \B. Charles L. Knight { Gregory Paul \o) both B.andC. E. Edgar Rice Burroughs : True-False: | Indicate on the scantron whether each statement is true (A/1) or false (B/2). 8. Of the choices below, “A” is a dinosaur. Aawendis moth. Uepera ee Pa Rented ae dec eters Need os der: os stert .*% 2 9. a Cladistics is based on synapomorphies, that is, shared, evolutionarily derived (new or novel) anatomical characteristics, and with organisms placed within clades 10. © The cast of the foot print of a small theropod dinosaur that is at the front of the room is an example of a body fossil. 11. “T Movement of sun in the sky is a fact, but the interpretation of that fact has changed over time. i 12. The most common outcome of hypothesis testing is complete rejection of the hypothesis. 13. “| The discovery of Archaeopteryx two years after publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, in which he predicted such transitional forms between major taxa, was a most effective and powerful confirmation of his hypothesis. 14. “\ When creationists say that biological evolution, which is the integrated concept in biological science, is “just a theory,” implying that it is really “just a guess,” shows considerable ignorance or deliberate misrepresentation of what constitutes a theory in science. 15. += Hypotheses can be proved by scientific methods. = Hyp P y 9 Ses GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE (18 points — 0.5 points each) Fill in the Blank 1: S — | i. The Induan Stage occurs during the Early Was & Epoch. = 2 During the Middle SS VY OSS\ C Epoch is when the Bathonian Stage occurs. 2 The Coniacian Stage occurs during the Late CY QRAA CLOVS Epoch: \ ft : During the Late Triassic Epoch is when the ROA wr Bea Stage occurs. | ZW The CeEN0US Stage occurs during the Early Cretaceous Epoch. Fillin the Blank 2: In the chart below, fill in the blanks (1) in the column labeled AGE with the age of the beginning of each PHANEROZOIC ERA, (2) in the column labeled ERAS with the names of the PHANEROZOIC ERAS, and (3) in the column labeled PERIODS with the names of the PHANEROZOIC PERIODS (blank #22 below is the name of a period; do not fill it in with “Phanerozoic”). Youngest ages, eras & periods should be at the top, and oldest ages, eras & periods at the bottom. “% AGE BRAS 14__ QUA*kYNAvYy _ PERIODS Q Ma 7 : 2 | oo es 16. NLouecing a a 11_CRQRypeat c 15. lev+ nce Y - oo. a3 | ee 17, Yealragene 6. 5 Ma : 18 Cy24G Ceaus | ldts..5 Ma 12: RSa-zo te = 19 Suvacsic 8. \9Q, fo Ma ; oe 20. _TWiG SSi ¢ 9S \ Ma : OE es ‘Ve Ywureds in Cy ONAZAS ved ev ia OS Bo ie Bee i Selma 27. Oy AUVICTO 5 : 28. Ci ambia 10.04% Ma | = he
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