Structural Geology
Petrology
Paleobiology
Fire and Ice
Beach Hall Lore
100
What is a mountain-building event called?
Orogeny
100
What is the most common element in Earth's crust?
Oxygen
100
What are the 3 periods of the Mesozoic Era?
Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous
100
PALEO JUMPSCARE!!!
What caused the end-Ordovician mass extinction?
Glaciation
100
Where are the dinosaur footprints outside Beach Hall from?
Dinosaur State Park
200
PALEO JUMPSCARE!!!
When did the supercontinent Rodinia split up? (A number, period, or era is fine)
~750 Ma, Cryogenian Period, Neoproterozoic Era
200
What is the chemical formula for quartz?
SiO2
200
What is the name of this critter?
Opabinia
200
When did Horsebarn Hill form (hint: it was formed by a glacier)?
Pleistocene
200
What type of rock can be found at the Beach Hall entrance (hint: there are critters in it)?
Limestone
300
Name an orogeny (literally any one).
(Orogeny name)
300
What type of silicate is mica?
Phyllosilicate
300
Name a Marginocephalian dinosaur (hint: they were herbivores).
(Any Ceratopsian or Pachycephalosaur)
300
What is the name of the Large Igneous Province whose formation is associated with the end-Permian mass extinction?
Siberian Traps
300
What is the name of the iconic Cambrian parody series on the Cavern whiteboard?
BREAKING BRACH
400
What is this?
Anticline
400
PALEO JUMPSCARE!!!
What commonly-fossilizing mineral do bivalves secrete?
Calcium carbonate (CaCO3)
400
Name the two types of extinct Paleozoic corals.
Rugose and tabulate corals
400
What type of volcano is this?
Stratovolcano
400
What is Thor's children's book about?
Stone walls
500
What type of fault is this?
Normal fault
500
What is the half-life of uranium.
4.5 billion years
500
What is the name of the fossiliferous Ediacaran ash deposit in Newfoundland?
Mistaken Point Formation
500
Which volcano is responsible for the largest eruption in recorded history?
500
What is in the walls and ceiling?
Asbestos!!! (yay)