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Late Paleozoic part 2

Authored by Zarina Mason

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1.

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1 min • 1 pt

By the Carboniferous, freshwater lakes and streams were inhabited by numerous species of fishes, especially ___-______ fishes and sharks.

2.

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1 min • 1 pt

Until the Permian Period, __________ were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates.

3.

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1 min • 1 pt

Reptiles appeared in the late Carboniferous, and in the Permian they began diversifying into the groups we know as _________ (lizards and snakes), __________ (crocodiles, dinosaurs, and flying reptiles), and others.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

More than 90% of all marine species are estimated to have become extinct in the waning stages of the Permian Period.

True

False

Answer explanation

Over 80% of marine species are believed to have become extinct in the later Permian period.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which marine species was among the few to survive the late Permian extinction event and survive into the triassic period?

Trilobites

Brachiopods

Placoderms

Ammonoids

6.

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1 min • 1 pt

Extinction was so severe among terrestrial vegetation that ____ _____, which result from the accumulation of peat, are absent from strata of the Early ________.

7.

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1 min • 1 pt

Aridification of vast areas led to widespread _________ deposition.

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