Unit 4 Review - Geologic History and Evolution of Life

Rifting of tectonic plates in eastern North America during the Jurassic Period was responsible for the

• formation of the Catskill delta

• first uplift of the Adirondack Mountains

• Alleghanian orogeny

• opening of the Atlantic Ocean

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Much of the evidence for the evolution of lifeforms on Earth has been obtained by

• studying the life spans of present-day animals

• radioactive dating of metamorphic rock

• correlating widespread igneous ash deposits

• examining fossils preserved in the rock record

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The table below shows the radioactive decay of carbon-14. Part of the table has been left blank. After 22,800 years, approximately what percentage of the original carbon-14 remains?

• 15%

• 6.25%

More than half of brachiopod species became extinct at the end of the ________.

• Devonian Period

• Silurian Period

• Ordovician Period

• Cambrian Period

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Which event is generally accepted as the cause of the mass extinction that occurred 65.5 million years ago?

• volcanic eruption

• continental collision

• asteroid impact

• sea-level change

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Which pair of organisms existed when the unconsolidated sediment in layer A was deposited?

• birds and trilobites

• dinosaurs and mastodonts

• ammonoids and grasses

• humans and vascular plants

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During which geologic epoch was layer F deposited?

• Late Devonian

• Middle Devonian

• Early Devonian

• Late Silurian

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The depositional environment during the time these layers and fossils were deposited

• was consistently marine

• was consistently terrestrial (land)

• changed from marine to terrestrial (land)

• changed from terrestrial (land) to marine

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How many million years ago did rock unit I most likely form?

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Fossils of which type of animal would most likely be found in the surface bedrock of the Catskills?

• reptiles

• brachiopods

• mammals

• birds

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