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- 1. Multiple Choice
The cartoon below is a humorous look at geologic history. If Early Pleistocene mermaids had existed, their fossil remains would be the same age as fossils of...armored fishtrilobitesmastodontsdinosaurs - 2. Multiple ChoiceThe fossil shown below was found int he surface bedrock in New York State. In which landscape region was this fossil most likely found?Adirondack MountainsHudson HighlandsErie-Ontario LowlandsNewark Lowlands
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich geologic event occurred most recently?initial opening of the Atlantic Oceanformation of the Hudson Highlandsformation of the Catskill deltacollision of North America and Africa
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe index fossils shown below are the remains of organisms that lived during which geologic era?PrecambrianCenozoicPaleozoicMesozoic
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhich fossil would most likely be found in the late Ordovician surface bedrock in New York State?Fossil 1Fossil 2Fossil 3Fossil 4
- 6. Multiple ChoiceAccording to the Earth Science Reference Tables, when did the Jurassic Period end?66 million years ago163 million years ago144 million years ago190 million years ago
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe table below shows the fossils found in three layers of sedimentary bedrock. According to the Earth Science Reference Tables, the relative age of the rock layers from oldest to youngest is...A, B, CB, A, CA, C, BC, A, B
- 8. Multiple ChoiceAccording to the Earth Science Reference Tables, studies of the rock record suggest that...the period during which humans have existed is very brief compared to geologic timeevidence of the existence of humans is present over much of the geologic pasthumans first appeared at the time of the intrusion of the Palisades sillthe earliest humans lived at the same time as the dinosaurs
- 9. Multiple ChoiceIn order for an organism to be used as an index fossil, the organism must have been geographically widespread and must havelived on landlived in shallow waterbeen preserved by volcanic ashexisted for a geologically short time
- 10. Multiple ChoiceIn which way are index fossils and volcanic ash deposits similar?Both can usually be dated with radiocarbonBoth normally occur in nonsedimentary rocksBoth strongly resist chemical weatheringBoth often serve as geologic time markers
- 11. Multiple ChoiceGeologists have subdivided geologic time into periods that are based on...carbon datingrock typesfossil evidencelandscape regions
- 12. Multiple ChoiceTrilobite fossils were recently discovered in Himalayan Mountain bedrock. During which geologic period could these organisms have lived?TertiaryTriassicCretaceousCambrian
- 13. Multiple ChoiceA well was drilled in Syracuse, New York. The first bedrock layer reached by the drill formed during which period?SilurianDevonianCambrianOrdovician
- 14. Multiple ChoiceAccording to the Earth Science Reference Tables, which type of fossil could be found in the bedrock near Elmira, New York?early mammaldinosaurflowering plantfish
- 15. Multiple ChoiceAccording to the Earth Science Reference Tables, when did the last dinosaurs become extinct?66 million years ago187 million years ago97 million years ago230 million years ago
- 16. Multiple ChoiceAccording to the Earth Science Reference Tables, near the end of which era did the dinosaurs become extinct?PrecambrianMesozoicPaleozoicCenozoic
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