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