Stratigraphy - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

ANTH 101 All Chapters Exam Questions and Answers All Correct Humans and other primates have powerful masticatory muscles to bite prey. - Answer- FALSE This is the study of what happens to a fossil from the time of death to the time of discovery. - Answer-TAPHONOMY Charles Lyell was the first scientist to help us understand the distribution of the earth layers, which influenced Darwin's work. - Answer-TRUE This principle of stratigraphy states that with all other factors equal, older...

EAPS 112 - Chapter 17 Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024 Which timeframe is marked by extensive glaciation as well as widespread tectonism and volcanism? a. Pleistocene b. Oligocene c. Pliocene d. Neogene e. Paleogene - ANSWER-a. Pleistocene Why is it difficult to interpret the terrestrial stratigraphy of glaciers? a. Glaciers deposit, but don't erode sediments. b. Glacial melt transports too much sediment away from the deposition site. c. Previous advances and retreats obscure la...

Fossil - ANSWER-traces or remnants of organisms found in geological beds on the earths surface Fossil Record - ANSWER-the fossilized remains of organisms that lived in the past Paleontology - ANSWER-the study of extinct organisms based on their fossilized remains Taphonomy - ANSWER-study of processes that affect carcasses after death Taphonomic Processes - ANSWER-carnivore predation, decomposition, weathering, transport Bone modification - ANSWER-tooth marks, tool marks, weatherin...

SOCA 105 WVU EXAM 2 SNYDER VERIFIED SOLUTIONS Absolute Dating Establishing dates in numbers or ranges of numbers. Accountability Belonging to the public, informing the people Anthropomentry The measurement of human body parts and dimensions. Archaeology The study of human behavior and cultural change in the past through the reconstruction, description, and interpretation of material remains. Artifacts Anything made, used, or altered in some way by humans. Bone Biology The study of ...

Relative age - correct answer You can determine if something is younger then or older than something else. Numeric or absolute age - correct answer You can more precisely assign a number Unconformity - correct answer A break in the geologic record created when rock layers are eroded or when sediment is not deposited for a long period of time. Depos...

EVOLUTION FINAL EXAM quiz questions | latest 2023/2024 Which of the following statements is accurate regarding the evolution of drug resistance in a virus: - even before the drug is administered, some virions might be resistant Which of the following is NOT an example of evolution? a) Beak size in a population of birds becomes larger from one generation to the next because larger beaked birds had higher reproductive success and passed the trait to their offspring b) Over long periods of t...

The assemblage of albite, chlorite, actinolite, and calcite would be most characteristic of - ANSWER-greenschist facies The assemblage of hornblende + plagioclase would most likely be - ANSWER-amphiboite facies In carbonates wollastonite + anorthite + diopside would most likely be - ANSWER-sanidinite facies The formula K(AlSi3O8) is for what mineral - ANSWER-sanidine What are some common associative minerals with sanidine - ANSWER-Quartz, Muscovite, Biotite, Plagioclase feldspars, ...

Evolution exam one chapters 1-5 | with complete solution biological evolution - any change in the inherited traits of a population that occurs from one generation to the next natural selection - mechanism that can lead to evolution differential survival and reproduction of individuals cause some genetic types to outcompete others homologous characteristics - similar in two or more species because they are inherited from a common ancestor synapomorphy - derived form of a trait that i...

STRATIGRAPHIC PROVENANCE OF THE MAMMOTH SKELETON At the time the first author first visited the U.P. site in August 1960 most of the bones of the mammoth skeleton had been removed from their location under water and transported to Rawlins. No effort to profile strata was attempted until the following year after the local water table had been lowered by around-the-clock Table II Correlation chart of stratigraphic designations at the U.P. Mammoth site. Geologicala Archaeologicalb Crew de...

Chapter 3 Questions 1. Before any archaeological fieldwork begins, archaeologists try to make their objectives explicit in the form of a/an a) academic publication b) research design c) doctoral dissertation d) typology e) assemblage 2. Some survey techniques use squares when conducting regional surveys, but ________ are easier to locate and walk along, in order to record artifact densities across the landscape a) transects b) circles c) triangles d) parabolas e) none of the abo...