SOE 210 WSU Dr. Cooper Final Exam Questions with Complete Solutions

SOE 210 WSU Dr. Cooper Final Exam
Questions with Complete Solutions
Geologic timescale (Periods): oldest to youngest - Answers-Hadean (4.5 Ga - 4 Ga)
Archean (4 Ga - 2.5 Ga)
Proterozoic (2.5 Ga - 542 Ma)
Cambrian (542 Ma - 488 Ma)
Ordovician (488 Ma - 444 Ma)
Silurian (444 Ma- 419 Ma)
Devonian (419 Ma - 359 Ma)
Carboniferous (359 Ma - 299 Ma)
Permian (299 Ma - 251 Ma)
Triassic (251 Ma - 201 Ma)
Jurassic (201 Ma - 145 Ma)
Cretaceous (145 Ma - 65.5 Ma)

Cenozoic Era - Answers-65.5 Ma - Present

Earth Radius - Answers-6371 km

Differentiation - Answers-Hadean (4.5 Ga - 4 Ga)

Moon formation - Answers-Hadean (4.5 Ga - 4 Ga)

Atmosphere formation - Answers-Archean (4 Ga - 2.5 Ga)

First life on Earth: Bacteria - Answers-Archean (4 Ga - 2.5 Ga)

Magnetic field first present - Answers-Archean (4 Ga - 2.5 Ga)

The Beginning of Plate Tectonics - Answers-Archean (4 Ga - 2.5 Ga)

oxygenated atmosphere - Answers-Proterozoic (2.5 Ga - 542 Ma)

Multi-cellular life - Answers-Proterozoic (2.5 Ga - 542 Ma)

Super continent of Rodinia - Answers-Proterozoic (2.5 Ga - 542 Ma)

Explosion of life event - Answers-Cambrian (542 Ma - 488 Ma)

First land plants - Answers-Ordovician (488 Ma - 444 Ma)

First cratons - Answers-Archean (4 Ga - 2.5 Ga)