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Since it is a 400-level class, I assume that you have the prior background in first (and second) year Geology classes. Note that I have separated all Protistans related questions into a separate exam database (second quiz).
Geology (GLGY 491-UCAL) Midterm I General
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Question 1 |
On the following diagram, what is highlighted in 2D?
Note: DO NOT scroll down to the Geologic Time scale on this page. Answer this without using any AIDS.
A | Ediacaran |
B | Neoproterozoic |
C | Cretaceous |
D | Ordovician |
E | Devonian |
Question 2 |
A | trilobite. |
B | echinoids. |
C | humans. |
D | bivalves. |
Question 3 |
A | 8,000 years |
B | 50,000 years |
C | 6000 years |
D | 11,700 years |
E | 22,000 years |
Question 4 |
A | Acme Zone |
B | LAD |
C | Evolutionary Occurrence |
D | PTD |
Question 5 |
A | 2 |
B | 7 |
C | 5 |
D | 1 |
Question 6 |
A | 0.011710 Ma |
B | 541 Ma |
C | 66.0 Ma |
D | 252.17 Ma |
Question 7 |
A | Cretaceous - Paleogene |
B | Devonian - Silurian |
C | Carboniferous - Permian |
D | Permian - Triassic |
E | Devonian - Carboniferous |
Question 8 |
A | SpongeBob SquarePants can NOT be classified into Phylum Proifera. |
B | They have well specialized organs. |
C | They lived attached to the substratum with the aid of root-like structures. |
D | They are planktonic organisms. |
Question 9 |
A | Lingula |
B | Inoceramus |
C | Archaeocyathid |
D | Pentremites |
Question 10 |
A | Sudden fluctuation in morphological features of an organism/group. |
B | Abundance of specific organisms in a given time window. |
C | The last appearance of an organism/group. |
D | The first appearance of an organism/group. |
Question 11 |
A | Spherical symmetry |
B | Bilateral symmetry |
C | Biradial symmetry |
D | Radial symmetry |
Question 12 |
A | sudden changes in genetic variation. |
B | differentiation between growth stages. |
C | ecological conditions. |
D | sexual dimorphism. |
Question 13 |
There are only two sub-Periods (subdivisions) on this diagram. They are represented by 3J and 3K. What are they?
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A | 3J - Pennsylvanian 3K - Mississippian |
B | 3J - Mississippian 3K - Pennsylvanian |
C | 3J - Silurian 3K - Devonian |
D | 3J - Devonian 3K - Silurian |
Question 14 |
A | False |
B | True |
Question 15 |
A | I. Permian II. Neogene |
B | I. Permian II. Devonian |
Question 16 |
A | Phylum Helmichordata |
B | Phylum Cnidaria |
C | Phylum Porifera |
D | Phylum Brachiopoda |
Question 17 |
A | trace fossils |
B | identity fossil |
C | index fossils |
D | most abundant fossils |
E | characteristic fossil |
Question 18 |
A | Class Demospongea |
B | Class Germaphobia |
C | Class Hexactinellida |
D | Class Calcarea |
Question 19 |
A | Addition |
B | Accretion |
C | Molting |
D | Modification |
Question 20 |
Choose the odd one out based on the process of fossilization. (Choose the best option!)
InsectsDiatoms
Bivalves
Coccolithophorids
Sponges
Gastropods
A | Gastropods |
B | Bivalves |
C | Diatoms |
D | Insects |
Question 21 |
A | True |
B | False |
Question 22 |
A | genetic structures |
B | genetic variation |
C | growth stages. |
D | living environments |
Question 23 |
A | Genus and Species |
B | Class and Species |
C | Phylum and Family |
D | Order and Family |
Question 24 |
A | Cristata |
B | Animalia |
C | Cnidaria |
D | Hexagonaria |
Question 25 |
A | Nongenetic Trajectory |
B | Morphological Trajectory |
C | Genetic Trajectory |
D | Ontogeneric Trajectory |
Question 26 |
A | Ediacaran |
B | Eoarchean |
C | Holocene |
D | Cretaceous |
Question 27 |
A | Genetic studies |
B | Behavioral studies (trace fossils) |
C | Chemical compositional studies |
D | Morphological studies |
Question 28 |
A | False |
B | True |
Question 29 |
A | True |
B | False |
Question 30 |
A | feet |
B | holdfast |
C | central cavity |
D | basal ring |
Question 31 |
A | Congealment |
B | Moldic fossilization |
C | Impregnation |
D | Fossilization in Amber |
Question 32 |
A | True |
B | False |
Question 33 |
A | False |
B | True |
Question 34 |
A | False |
B | True |
Question 35 |
A | True |
B | False |
Question 36 |
A | Kingdom |
B | Superclass |
C | Order |
D | Phylum |
Question 37 |
A | pinacocytes |
B | sclerocytes |
C | archaeocytes |
D | choanocytes |
Question 38 |
A | Devonian |
B | Mississippian |
C | Triassic |
D | Jurassic |
Question 39 |
A | False |
B | True |
Question 40 |
What is 3L on the following diagram?
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A | Ordovician |
B | Jurassic |
C | Devonian |
D | Pennsylvanian |
Question 41 |
A | Genetic |
B | Chemical |
C | Stratigraphic |
D | Morphological |
Question 42 |
This particular Period is known for high volumes of coal formations. It is first appears on Geological records around 358.9 Ma. What is the Period and it's location on the following diagram?
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A | Carboniferous; 3B |
B | Carboniferous; 3H |
C | Jurassic; 3E |
D | Jurassic; 3D |
Question 43 |
A | Choanocytes |
B | Archaeocytes |
C | Pinacocytes |
D | Sclerocytes |
Question 44 |
A | False |
B | True |
Question 45 |
A | Paleozoic |
B | Mesozoic |
C | Precambrian |
D | Carboniferous |
E | Cenozoic |
Question 46 |
A | I. isometric II. anisometric |
B | I. anisometric II. isometric |
C | I. symmetrical II. non-symmetrical |
D | I. non-symmetrical II. symmetrical |
Question 47 |
A | two |
B | three |
C | four |
D | five |
Question 48 |
A | young. |
B | mature. |
C | old. |
D | under development. |
Question 49 |
A | opaline silica |
B | test |
C | cells |
D | frustule |
Question 50 |
A | True |
B | False |
Question 51 |
A | True |
B | False |
Question 52 |
A | The trace fossils left by the organism during certain growth periods. |
B | Abundance in organic matter in some parts of the stratigraphic windows. |
C | The lack of exoskeletons in some parts of the stratigraphic windows. |
D | Fossils of the organism were found without the exoskeleton. Hint: Impossible due to soft body dissolution. |
Question 53 |
A | Impregnation |
B | Recrystallization |
C | Canonization |
D | Moldic fossilization |
Question 54 |
A | ecologic. |
B | biocherms. |
C | reefs. |
D | platonic. |
Question 55 |
A | Devonian |
B | Silurian |
C | Archean |
D | Permian |
Question 56 |
A | False |
B | True |
Question 57 |
-underwent rapid burial
-internal structures were often preserved
-most fossils from Ediacaran period were fossilized through this process.
A | Permineralization |
B | Carbonization |
C | Impressions |
D | Permineralization |
Question 58 |
A | stenoproct |
B | euryproct |
C | amblyproct |
D | platyproct |
Question 59 |
A | Subspecies |
B | Suborder |
C | Subfamily |
D | Subtribe |
E | Tribe |
Question 60 |
A | 4030 Ma |
B | 4560 Ma |
C | 541 Ma |
D | 2500 Ma |
Question 61 |
A | Not enough information is given. |
B | Pentameral |
C | Bilateral |
D | Radial |
Question 62 |
A | Addition |
B | Accretion |
C | Molting |
D | Modification |
Question 63 |
A | Continuous genetic variability occurs in species with large morphological differences between sexes. |
B | Discontinuous genetic variability is less frequent than continuous genetic variability. |
C | Discontinuous genetic variability is more frequent than continuous genetic variability. |
D | Echinoids great are examples discontinuous genetic variability. |
Question 64 |
- the frustule is composed of organic silica
- radial symmetry
- found in sediment samples throughout Jurassic to Holocene
- is a microfossil
This sample most like be a...
A | tasmanitid. |
B | diatom. |
C | not enough data to distinguish. |
D | slilicoflagellate. |
E | coccolithophorid. |
Question 65 |
A | Cruziana |
B | Brachiopod |
C | Ammonite |
D | Trilobite |
Question 66 |
A | Middle Ordovician |
B | Lower Silurian |
C | Early Lower Permian |
D | Early middle Cambrian |
Question 67 |
On the following diagram, what is highlighted in 3C?
Note: DO NOT scroll down to the Geologic Time scale on this page. Answer this without using any AIDS.
A | Cretaceous |
B | Quaternary |
C | Permian |
D | Paleogene |
Question 68 |
A | Amblyprocts |
B | Porocytes |
C | Archaeocytes |
D | Scierocytes |
Question 69 |
A | Improved Linnaean hierarchy |
B | Original Linnaean hierarchy |
C | Modern Linnaean hierarchy |
Question 70 |
A | Neogene |
B | Paleozoic |
C | Carboniferous |
D | Neoproterozoic |
Question 71 |
On the following diagram, around what time 5A ended?
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A | 66.0 Ma |
B | 4030 Ma |
C | 252.17 Ma |
D | 4560 Ma |
Question 72 |
A | Impressions |
B | Impregnation |
C | Carbonization |
D | Congealment |
Question 73 |
A | biostratigraphy. |
B | evolutionary biology. |
C | taxonomy. |
D | taxa. |
Question 74 |
A | dinosaurs. |
B | insects. |
C | mammals. |
D | coprolites (poops). |
Question 75 |
A | Cenozoic |
B | Holocene Hint: This is the Epoch and NOT the era. |
C | Miocence |
D | Quaternary Hint: This is the period and NOT the era. |
Question 76 |
A | Acme Zones |
B | Interval Zones |
C | Assemblage Zones |
D | Morphological Zones |
Question 77 |
A | Leucon |
B | Hyperdemia |
C | Sycon |
D | Rhagon |
E | Ascon |
Question 78 |
A | Grouping of kingdoms which have the height precedence in taxonomy. |
B | Populations that naturally breed together and provide viable offspring. |
C | Diagnosable cluster within which there is a pattern of ancestry. |
D | Set of organisms with similar physical characteristics. |
Question 79 |
A | Cretaceous to Neogene |
B | Ordovician-Devonian |
C | Cambrian to Mississippian |
D | Ordovician to Permian |
Question 80 |
A | 541 millions of years ago |
B | 0.0117 millions of years ago |
C | 13 millions of years ago |
D | 66 millions of years ago |
Question 81 |
A | infinite |
B | two |
C | one |
D | three |
Question 82 |
A | genera |
B | classes |
C | families |
D | orders |
E | phyla |
Question 83 |
What are the Eons represented by 1A and 1B respectively on the following diagram?
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A | Cenozoic and Paleozoic |
B | Proterozoic and Archean |
C | Phanerozoic and Precambrian |
D | Cenozoic and Mesozoic |
Question 84 |
A | Pentameral |
B | Spherical |
C | Radial |
D | Circular |
Question 85 |
A | False |
B | True |
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Geology (GLGY 491-UCAL) Midterm I Protistans
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Question 1 |
A | oil shales |
B | clay |
C | chalks and calcareous oozes |
D | inorganic reefs |
Question 2 |
A | False |
B | True |
Question 3 |
A | False |
B | True |
Question 4 |
A | None; all of them have plant-like metabolism |
B | Foraminifera |
C | Diatoms |
D | Silicoflagellates |
Question 5 |
A | Anything above 1% |
B | Anything above 40% |
C | Anything above 10% |
D | Anything above 5% |
Question 6 |
A | Thorax |
B | Abdomen |
C | Aperture |
D | Cephalon |
Question 7 |
A | Spumellaria |
B | Nassellaria |
C | Forminifera |
D | Coccolithophorids |
Question 8 |
A | W |
B | Y |
C | X |
D | Z |
Question 9 |
Find the odd one out.
SilicoflagellatesDiatoms
Radiolarians
Coccolithophorids
Tasmanitids
A | Coccolithophorids |
B | Diatoms |
C | Radiolarians |
D | Tasmanitids |
E | Silicoflagellates |
Question 10 |
A | Cambrian to Miocene |
B | Cretaceous to Holocene (recent) |
C | Paleozoic to Holocene (recent) |
D | Jurassic to Holocene (recent) |
Question 11 |
A | Cambrian to Holocene (recent) |
B | Jurassic to Holocene (recent) |
C | Jurassic to Cretaceous |
D | Ediacaran to Cretaceous |
Question 12 |
A | chalks and calcareous oozes |
B | coccolithoids |
C | in organic shale |
D | organic reefs and clastic rocks |
Question 13 |
A | Late Triassic |
B | Ordovician |
C | Ediacaran |
D | Holocene |
Question 14 |
A | polar spines |
B | cortical spines |
C | central spines |
D | byspines |
Question 15 |
A | Upper Cambrian |
B | Middle Jurassic |
C | Lower Cretaceous |
D | Upper Devonian |
Question 16 |
A | False because it is the temperature of the upper water column. |
B | False because it is the abundance of oxygen and light. |
C | True |
D | False because the availability of other micro-organisms for food supply that dictates the distribution. |
Question 17 |
A | Y |
B | Z |
C | W |
D | X |
Question 18 |
A | Upper Silurian |
B | Upper Devonian |
C | Lower Jurassic |
D | Middle Cambrian |
Question 19 |
A | Cephalon |
B | Aperture |
C | Sagittal ring |
D | Basal ring |
Question 20 |
A | Ernst Haeckel |
B | Charles Robert Darwin |
C | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
D | Dr. Marius (Dan) Georgescu |
Question 21 |
A | microsphere |
B | cortical shell |
C | basal ring |
D | medullar shell |
Question 22 |
A | Apical ring |
B | Spines (larger) |
C | Basal ring |
D | Bars |
Question 23 |
A | True |
B | False |
Question 24 |
Find the odd one out.
SilicoflagellatesDiatoms
Radiolarians
Coccolithophorids
Sponges
Foraminifera
A | Silicoflagellates |
B | Coccolithophorids |
C | Radiolarian |
D | Sponges |
Question 25 |
A | Radiolarians |
B | Silicoflagellates |
C | Tasmanitids |
D | Diatoms |
Question 26 |
A | no symmetry; primitive. |
B | co-axial |
C | radial |
D | bilateral |
Question 27 |
A | True |
B | False; it is six bars. |
C | False; it is four bars. |
Question 28 |
A | Thorax |
B | Cephalon |
C | Aperture |
D | Abdomen |
Question 29 |
A | Epicingulum |
B | Epitheca |
C | Hypotheca |
D | Epiproferia |
Question 30 |
A | Oxygen |
B | Nitrogen |
C | Carbon |
D | Silicon |
Question 31 |
A | True |
B | False |
Question 32 |
A | Active |
B | At young stage, active. At adult stage passive. |
C | At young stage, passive. At adult stage active. |
D | Passive; like people high on weed. |
Question 33 |
A | Spines |
B | Bars |
C | Apical ring |
D | Basal ring |
Question 34 |
A | 50 - 900 microns. |
B | 300 - 900 microns. |
C | 20 - 200 microns. |
D | 1000 - 5000 microns. |
Question 35 |
A | Spumellaria |
B | Forminifera |
C | Coccolithophorids |
D | Diatom |
Question 36 |
A | Hypotheca |
B | Epiproferia |
C | Epitheca |
D | Epicingulum |
Question 37 |
A | They started to dissolve well below the CCD of the water column. |
B | They started to dissolve well above the CCD of the water column. |
C | They have animal-type metabolism. |
D | They are closely related to Radiolarians. |
E | They are typically benthic form of organisms. |
Question 38 |
A | Central part in blue. |
B | Black lines indicating the spines. |
C | Middle part in red. |
D | Outer most part in green. |
Question 39 |
A | Nassellaria |
B | Diatoms |
C | Tasmanitids |
D | Silicoflagellates |
Question 40 |
A | Foraminifera |
B | Sponges |
C | Albaillaria |
D | Spumellaria |
Question 41 |
A | True |
B | False |
Question 42 |
A | basal ring |
B | microsphere |
C | medullar shell |
D | cortical shell |
Question 43 |
A | Profiera |
B | Archaeocyatha |
C | Coccolithophorids |
D | Diatoms |
Question 44 |
A | False |
B | True |
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Credits: Based on the excellent class notes provided by, Dr. Marius (Dan) Georgescu during Fall 2013.
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Geologic Time Scale
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EON | ERA | PERIOD | EPOCH | AGE (Ma) | ||
-zoic |
Cenozoic (Cz) |
Quaternary (Q) | Holocene | 0.011710 | ||
Pleistocene (Ps) | 2.588 | |||||
Neogene (N) | Pliocene (PO) | 5.332 | ||||
Miocene (MI) | 23.03 | |||||
Paleogene (PE) | Oligocene(OG) | 33.9 | ||||
Eocene (EO) | 56 | |||||
Paleocene (Pε) | 66.0 | |||||
Mesozoic (MZ) |
Cretaceous (K) | 145 | ||||
Jurassic (J) | 201.3 | |||||
Triassic (Tr) | 252.17 | |||||
Paleozoic (Pz) |
Permian (P) | 298.9 | ||||
Carboni- -ferous (C) |
Pennsylvanian (|P) | 323.2 | ||||
Mississippian (M) | 358.9 | |||||
Devonian (D) | 419.2 | |||||
Silurian (S) | 443.8 | |||||
Ordovician (O) | 485.4 | |||||
Cambrian (∈) | 541 | |||||
Pre∈ | Pro- -terozoic (Ρ) |
Neo (Z) | 635 | |||
850 | ||||||
Meso (Y) | 1000 Ma | 1600 | ||||
Paleo (X) | 2500 | |||||
Archean (A) | 2800 | |||||
3200 | ||||||
3600 | ||||||
4030 | ||||||
Hadean (ρA) | ~ 4560 |
* Symbols are based on reference USGS reference table.
Image version of the above table for those who are still using stone age computers like Fred Flintstone.