In chronological order, name the three eons of the Precambrian
What are Hadean, Archean, and Proterozoic
100
This term describes mountain building events
What is orogeny
100
The first orogenic event to occur along the Cordilleran mobile belt
What is the Antler Orogeny
100
The first vertebrates to live on land
What are Amphibians/Ichthyostega
100
Broad, shallow seas covering part of a continent during marine transgressions
What are Epeiric Seas
200
One of the theories behind water's origination on Earth
What are outgassing and/or meteorite impacts
200
This was the first major transgression of the Paleozoic
What is the Sauk Sequence
200
The collision of Gondwana and Laurasia occurred during this orogeny
What is the Ouachita Orogeny
200
Organisms containing 4 limbs
What are Tetrapods
200
The ocean surrounding Pangaea
What is the Panthalassa Ocean
300
The name of the North American shield
What is the Canadian Shield
300
This orogeny formed Laurasia
What is the Caledonian Orogeny
300
Transgressive sequence occurring from the Devonian through the Mississippian, this is characterized by black shale deposits
What is the Kaskaskia Transgression
300
Organisms living above the sea floor
What are Pelagic Organisms
300
Alternating layers of chert and iron minerals usually deposited in shallow water environments
What are Banded Iron Formations
400
This was the last super continent of the Proterozoic
What is Pannotia
400
The mountain building event occurring along the Appalachian mobile belt and was the result of the Iapetus Ocean expanding
What is the Taconic Orogeny
400
This orogeny occurred due to the narrowing of the southern Iapetus Ocean during the Devonian
What is the Acadian Orogeny
400
The fish lineage thought to be the precursor to tetrapods
What are Lobe Finned Fish
400
Rock sequence containing lower and middle levels of volcanic rock and upper levels of sedimentary rocks; important due to the high temperatures needed for the ultramafic rocks it contains to form
What are Greenstone Belts
500
Life in the Archean was composed of this cell type
What are Prokaryotic cells
500
Transgressive sequence occurring from the Mid Ordovician through the early Devonian, this sequence featured the creation of the evaporite deposits in the Michigan Basin
What is the Tippecanoe Sequence
500
Occurring from the Pennsylvanian through the Jurassic, this transgression is characterized by continued reef building and cylothems
What is the Absaroka Transgression
500
Organisms living within or on the sea floor
What are Benthos
500
Sequence of cyclical sedimentary rocks from alternating periods of marine and non-marine depositions; usually contains coal beds