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Geology (GLGY 491-UCAL) Midterm II
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Question 1 |
A | 4 |
B | 3 |
C | 2 |
D | 1 |
Question 2 |
A | Paleozoic |
B | Cambrian |
C | Ediacaran |
D | Neoproterozoic |
E | Mesoarchean |
Question 3 |
A | Hemipheripheral |
B | Holoperipheral |
C | Sphericalcircular |
D | Mixoperipheral |
E | Radiocircular |
Question 4 |
A | Order Septalata |
B | Order Scleractinia |
C | Order Rugosa |
D | Order Tabulata |
Question 5 |
A | Phanerozoic |
B | Neoarchean |
C | Archean |
D | Hadean |
E | Proterozoic |
Question 6 |
A | Taleola |
B | Brachidium |
C | Cardinal |
D | Median septum |
E | Tabula |
Question 7 |
A | Fig Tree Formation |
B | Apex Chert unit |
C | Gunflint Formation |
D | Isua Formation |
E | Shark Bay stromatolites |
Question 8 |
A | I. six (6) II. Oxygen-depleted zone |
B | I. four (4) II. Undermat |
C | I. four (4) II. Undermat |
D | I. four (4) II. Stromatolite mass |
E | I. four (4) II. Oxygen-depleted zone |
Question 9 |
A | Zygospirid |
B | Spiriferid |
C | Atrypid |
D | Terebratulid |
Question 10 |
A | ~ 500 million years ago |
B | ~ 510 million years ago |
C | ~ 460 million years ago |
D | ~ 400 million years ago |
E | ~ 430 million years ago |
Question 11 |
A | Triassic |
B | Permian |
C | Ordovician |
D | Cretaceous |
Question 12 |
A | True |
B | False |
Question 13 |
A | Cambrian and Ordovician |
B | Jurassic and Cretaceous |
C | Cretaceous and Paleogene |
D | Carboniferous and Permian |
Question 14 |
A | Cambrian |
B | Neoproterozoic |
C | Neoarchean |
D | Mesoproterozoic |
Question 15 |
A | True |
B | False, because they are reef-builders. |
C | False because they are both reef-builders and non-reefbuilders. |
Question 16 |
A | Pseudopunctate shell |
B | Punctate shell |
C | Impunctate shell |
D | Having a one large and one small shell. |
Question 17 |
A | True |
B | False |
Question 18 |
A | Cambrian |
B | Cretaceous |
C | Ordovician |
D | Devonian |
Question 19 |
A | Bonata |
B | Terebratula |
C | Cloudina |
D | Spriggina |
Question 20 |
A | 0.8 billion years after |
B | 4.0 billion years after |
C | 0.2 billion years after |
D | 1.5 billion years after |
Question 21 |
A | ~ 470 million years ago |
B | ~ 585 million years ago |
C | ~ 510 million years ago |
D | ~ 500 million years ago |
E | ~ 410 million years ago |
Question 22 |
A | Orthida |
B | Productida |
C | Pentamerida |
D | Linguliformea |
Question 23 |
A | Tribrachidium |
B | Parvancorina |
C | Dickinsonia |
D | Charnia |
Question 24 |
A | Specialized organs |
B | Primitive organs |
C | Lungs |
D | Specialized tissues |
Question 25 |
A | Cambrian to Permian |
B | Ordovician to Permian |
C | Ordovician to Recent |
D | Triassic to Recent |
Question 26 |
A | False |
B | True |
Question 27 |
A | Feeding |
B | Defense/attack |
C | Circulatory |
D | Movement |
Question 28 |
A | Recrystallization |
B | Carbonizations |
C | Impressions |
D | Mineralization |
Question 29 |
- Strophomenida
- Productida
- Orthida
- Pentamerida
- Rhynchonellida
- Atrypida
- Spiriferida
- Terebratulida
A | Orthida, Spiriferida and Terebratulida |
B | Atrypida, Productida and Pentamerida |
C | Orthida and Terebratulida |
D | Spiriferida and Terebratulida |
E | Atrypida and Productida |
Question 30 |
A | Cambrian |
B | Ordovician |
C | Jurassic |
D | Neoproterozoic |
Question 31 |
A | Isua Formation in SW Greenland Hint: Only traces of it found here; NOT strong evidence. |
B | Apex Chert from Western Australia |
C | Crater rocks from Moon, Mercury and Mars |
D | Gunflint Formation from Ontario |
Question 32 |
A | Apex Chert unit |
B | Isua Formation. |
C | Gunflint Formation. |
D | Fig Tree Formation |
Question 33 |
A | Terebratulid |
B | Atrypid |
C | Spiriferid |
D | Zygospirid |
Question 34 |
A | False because they are known as cups. |
B | False because they are known as plates. |
C | True |
D | False because they are known as cystiphragms. |
Question 35 |
A | Parvancorina |
B | Tribrachidium |
C | Charnia |
D | Dickinsonia |
Question 36 |
I. Triassic - Jurassic crisis
II. Cretaceous - Paleogene crisis
III. Ordovician - Silurian crisis
IV. Frasnian - Famennian crisis
V. Permian - Triassic crisis
A | (oldest) I > II > V > III > IV (youngest) |
B | (oldest) III > IV > V > I > II (youngest) |
C | (oldest) V > III > IV > II > I (youngest) |
D | (oldest) II > IV > V > III > I (youngest) |
Question 37 |
A | False |
B | True |
Question 38 |
I. Stromatolites numerical reduction
II. Apex Chert unit
III. Gunflint Formation
IV. Fig Tree Formation
V. Isua Formation
VI. Shark Bay stromatolites
A | (oldest) V > II > IV > III > I > VI (youngest) |
B | (oldest) VI > III > IV > II > I > V (youngest) |
C | (oldest) II > V > IV > III > I > VI (youngest) |
D | (oldest) VI > II > IV > III > I > V (youngest) |
E | (oldest) V > IV > II > I > III > VI (youngest) |
Question 39 |
A | Calcite based minerals |
B | Dolomite based minerals |
C | Volcanic lava |
D | Graphite |
Question 40 |
A | Paleozoic |
B | Neoarchean |
C | Hadean |
D | Eoarchean |
E | Paleoproterozoic |
Question 41 |
A | True |
B | False |
Question 42 |
A | False |
B | True |
Question 43 |
A | Shelly organisms |
B | Invertebrates organisms |
C | Prokaryotic organisms |
D | Eukaryotic organisms |
Question 44 |
A | Atrypid |
B | Spiriferid |
C | Terebratulid |
D | Zygospirid |
Question 45 |
A | 90 |
B | 60 |
C | 180 |
D | 45 |
Question 46 |
A | Productida |
B | Terebratulida |
C | Atrypida |
D | Strophomenida |
E | Rhynchonellida |
Question 47 |
A | They are a Suborder of Order Rugosa. |
B | They are solitary corals and lives in low energy environments. |
C | They are reef-builders and are colonial. |
D | They are highly concentrated with cyanobacteria. |
Question 48 |
A | Sphereperipheral |
B | Hemiperipheral |
C | Mixoperipheral |
D | Holoperiheral |
Question 49 |
A | True |
B | False, because they always have impunctate shells. |
C | False, because they can be either punctate or impunctate. |
D | False, because they always have punctate shells. |
Question 50 |
A | Aragonitic |
B | Calcitic |
C | Organophosphatic |
D | Siliceous |
E | Organocalcitic |
Question 51 |
A | About 3.8 billion years. |
B | About 4.2 billion years. |
C | About 2.5 billion years. |
D | About 3.2 billion years. |
Question 52 |
A | Delta calcitic unit. |
B | Apex Chert unit. |
C | Banded Iron Fm. |
D | Isua Fm. |
Question 53 |
A | Building the structures to hold the corals to the seabed (skeleton). |
B | Processing water to extract dissolved oxygen (respiratory). |
C | Discharging poison into a pray (feeding). |
D | Distribution of organic materials throughout the body structure (circulatory). |
Question 54 |
A | zooecia |
B | zooarium |
C | zooid |
D | zooarozoida |
Question 55 |
A | Strophomenida |
B | Pentamerida |
C | Rhynchonellida |
D | Orthida |
E | Productida |
Question 56 |
A | The plate tectonics may have destroyed the evidence. |
B | The oceanic water many have changed the landscape of Earth. |
C | The crust of the Earth is not ductile enough to deform significantly to provide a record. |
D | Earth probably had less bombardments than any other planet. |
Question 57 |
A | True |
B | False |
Question 58 |
A | Order Pentamerida |
B | Order Orthida |
C | Subphylum Craniiformea |
D | Order Strophomenida |
Question 59 |
A | Cyanobacteria |
B | Dikinsonians |
C | Stromatoporoids |
D | Rugose corals |
Question 60 |
A | Order Octocoralia |
B | Order Rugosa |
C | Order Scleractinia |
D | Order Tabulata |
Question 61 |
A | I. Brachial valve II. Pedicle valve |
B | I. Pedicle valve II. Brachial valve |
C | I. the beak II. umbo |
D | I. umbo II. the beak |
Question 62 |
A | Stromatolites |
B | Zircon |
C | Quartz |
D | Calcite - Dolomite |
Question 63 |
Tabulata, Rugosa, Scleractinia
A | Tabulata, because we can also find them today. |
B | Scleractinia, because we can also find them today. |
C | Rugosa, because we also can find them today. |
D | Tabulata, because it is the only one that forms corals. |
Question 64 |
A | Spiriferid |
B | Atrypid |
C | Zygospirid |
D | Terebratulid |
Question 65 |
A | 2 |
B | 5 |
C | 4 |
D | 3 |
Question 66 |
A | True |
B | False |
Question 67 |
A | Gunflint Fm. |
B | Stromato Fm. |
C | Fig Tree Fm. |
D | Banded Iron Fm. |
Question 68 |
A | False |
B | True |
Question 69 |
A | Class Hydrozoa |
B | Class Scyphozoa |
C | Class Cinclaire |
D | Class Anthozoa |
Question 70 |
A | Permian |
B | Ordovician |
C | Cambrian |
D | Jurassic |
Question 71 |
I. Lingulids
II. Spiriferids
III. Pentamerids
IV. Terebratulids
A | (oldest) I > II > IV > III (youngest) |
B | (oldest) I > IV> II > III (youngest) |
C | (oldest) IV > I > II > III (youngest) |
D | (oldest) I > III > II > IV (youngest) |
Question 72 |
A | ~ 2.7 billion years |
B | ~ 3.2 billion years |
C | ~ 4.5 billion years |
D | ~ 3.8 billion years |
Question 73 |
A | Upper Ordovician |
B | Early Cretaceous |
C | Lower Cambrian |
D | Upper Devonian |
Question 74 |
A | Atrypida Hint: This is near the boundary NOT at the. |
B | Orthida |
C | Productida |
D | Terebratulida |
E | Pentamerida |
Question 75 |
A | tabule |
B | lamellate |
C | autopore |
D | cystiphragm |
Question 76 |
A | Tribrachidium |
B | Spriggina |
C | Charnia |
D | Parvancorina |
Question 77 |
A | Melanocyrillium |
B | Huronipora |
C | Bangiomorpha |
D | Torridonophycus |
Question 78 |
A | Neoarchean |
B | Upper Cambrian |
C | Archean |
D | Archean/Proterozoic boundary |
E | Lower Cambrian |
Question 79 |
A | I. Phoronida II. Enthoprota |
B | I. Brachiopoda II. Enthoprota |
C | I. Phoronida II. Bryozoa |
D | I. Brachiopoda II. Bryozoa |
Question 80 |
A | Temperature difference between hot Earth and the cold space. |
B | Convection currents and magmatic processes. |
C | Precipitation of minerals due to extraction of water. |
D | Mixing of gases from two independent sources. |
Question 81 |
A | During Frasnian/Famennian crisis |
B | During Cretaceous/Paleogene crisis |
C | During Permian/Triassic crisis |
D | During Ordovician/Silurian crisis |
Question 82 |
A | True |
B | False |
Question 83 |
A | True |
B | False |
Question 84 |
A | False |
B | True |
Question 85 |
A | Undermat |
B | Growth surface |
C | Oxygen-depleted zone |
D | Stromatolite mass |
Question 86 |
A | True |
B | False |
Question 87 |
A | Permian |
B | Cambrian |
C | Cretaceous |
D | Ordovician |
Question 88 |
A | five |
B | three |
C | six |
D | two |
Question 89 |
A | False |
B | True |
Question 90 |
A | The first organisms to release oxygen to the atmosphere. |
B | Oldest known fossils were found in this formation. |
C | The earliest abundant shelly fauna that evolved on Earth. |
D | The first type of fauna to process oxygen from atmosphere. |
Question 91 |
A | Order Rugosa |
B | Order Tabulata |
C | Order Heterocoralia |
D | Order Scleractinia |
Question 92 |
I. Strophomenida
II. Productida
III. Orthida
IV. Rhynchonellida
V. Spiriferida
VI. Terebratulida
A | (oldest) I > IV > III > V > II > VI (youngest) |
B | (oldest) I > IV > V > III > II > VI (youngest) |
C | (oldest) III > V > IV > I > II > VI (youngest) |
D | (oldest) III > I > IV > V > II > VI (youngest) |
E | (oldest) I > V > III > IV > II > VI (youngest) |
Question 93 |
A | True |
B | False |
Question 94 |
A | All Bryozoans are invertebrates. |
B | All Bryozoans are colonial. |
C | All Bryozoans are asexual organisms. |
D | All Bryozoans have digestive and reproductive systems. |
Question 95 |
A | I. counter II. cardinal |
B | I. lateral II. counter lateral |
C | I. counter lateral II. lateral |
D | I. cardinal II. counter |
Question 96 |
A | True |
B | False |
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Credits: Based on the excellent class notes provided by, Dr. Marius (Dan) Georgescu during Fall 2013.
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