Paleozoic Era

During the Cambrian, most of the continents were:

• together in one landmass

• dispersed around the north pole

• dispersed mostly in the southern hemisphere

• covered by ice

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Global transgressive and regressive cycles can be caused by which two of the following?

• major tectonic events

• meteorite impact

• unusual lunar tidal cycles during early formation of Moon

• major glacial events

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Reefs built from colonial corals became common in what period?

• Ordovician

• Devonian

• Silurian

• Cambrian

The first mountain building episode of the Appalachians was the:

• Acadian orogeny

• Caledonian orogeny

• Taconian orogeny

• Alleghanian orogeny

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

In the Grand Canyon, the Tapeats Sandstone, overlain by the Bright Angel Shale and Muav Limestone, represent a(n)

• caldera collapse

• regression

• transgression

• rifting event

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Rise and fall of sea level in epeiric (shallow inland) seas can be partly explained by continental glaciation events.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

At the beginning of the Cambrian, all of the continents were dispersed in high latitude (northern) regions of the globe

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A normal sequence of sedimentary facies representing transgression would be from the bottom of a vertical sequence toward the top:

• sand - mud - carbonate

• carbonate - mud - sand

• conglomerate - sand - basalt

• mud - sand - mud

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The Alleghanian orogeny was the first of the major mountain building events in the Appalachians.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The regressive phase of a transgressive/regressive sequence is often marked by an unconformity.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3