GLGY 301 FINAL Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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GLGY 301
GLGY 301 FINAL Actual Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
What are the two types of extinction - CORRECT ANSWER- normal background and
mass extinction
who was the first to describe the phenomenon of extinction and when? - CORRECT
ANSWER- Georges Cuvier in 1796
GLGY 301 FINAL Actual Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
What are the two types of extinction - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔normal background and
mass extinction
who was the first to describe the phenomenon of extinction and when? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Georges Cuvier in 1796
What is normal background extinction? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔extinction rates less
than or equal to the rate of speciation over time
what is mass extinction - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔rate of extinction greatly exceeds the
rate of speciation. usually defined by the loss of more than 75% of known species in a
geologically short interval
what are the causes of mass extinctions - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔extensive flood basalt
volcanism, sea level fall, ocean anoxia, asteroid impact
Remains or traces of past life preserved in the rock record - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔fossil
processes that are limiting or encouraging fossil preservation between death and discovery -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔taphonomy
fossils such as conodonts, radiolarians, ammonoids, and fusulinids can be found here -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔insular and intermontane
trilobites from when are found where? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔cambrian, cranbrook
trilobites are AKA ____ of the Cambrian - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔cockroaches
where was the Ichthyosaurus found? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Wapiti Lake
, Where was the fish Saurichthys found and during what period was it alive? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Wapiti Lake, Triassic period
Where is Wapiti Lake close to? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Tumbler Ridge
when we the Plesiosaurs and Mosasaurs alive and swimming in the ocean? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Mesozoic
BC's biggest ammonite was how big in diameter? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔2 meters
Dinosaurs lived during the ___ period - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Mesozoic
Ideal characteristics for footprint preservation - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔soft mud, buried
by sediments right away
major challenge in paleontology is to get _____ - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔funding
Angiosperms (aka flowering plants) are found where? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Cretaceous forests of Vancouver Island
How long ago did the dinosaurs die? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔65mm
15 million years ago, McAbee fossil bed was a ___ ____ - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔tropical lake
McAbee fossil bed was open to the public in _____, but preserved as a heritage site in _____
- CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔2011, 2012
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