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100
How long ago did dinosaurs become extinct? In what period did this happen?
65.5 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
100
During what important geologic vent was Dicellograptus around?
During the erosion of the Taconic Mountains: Queenston delta forms
100
What group are the fossils Mucrospirifer and Eospirifer located in and from what two periods did they exist in?
Group: Brachiopods From: Cambrian To: Holocene
100
What dinosaur had a three horned head and was a herbivore?
The Triceratops
100
In Geologic Profiles what is it called when a layer of rock settles ontop of another one?
Depostion
200
In what Eon did rocks start to form and why do you think it took that long for them to form?
Eon: Precambrian, The lava from the collision of the two planets were too hot, so it needed that amount of time to cool down and start to form.
200
From what organism did Hexameroceras evolve from?
It evolved from Valcouroceras.
200
What Eon and Era were the oldest microfossils found in?
Precambrian Archean between early and middle.
200
How long have humans been on earth?
200,000 years
200
According to the law of superposition, what makes the top layer of rock more jagged than before?
Erosion
300
In what period did North America and Africa collided?
Early Permian
300
Name 3 fossil classes that had evolved the most when Pangea started to break apart.
Trilobites, Nautiloids, and Corals.
300
What fossil can only be found in the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous period and what group is it in?
Fossil: Ceolophysis Group: Dinosaurs
300
What mammal was living during the Ice Age that had the body of an elephant but without the large ears and much more hair?
The Wooly Mammoth
300
According to Geologic Profiles, what is it called when a cut is made through the rock, possibly due to earthquake, that causes one part to move up or down? Hint: usually on a slant
Faulting
400
Which Orogeny was caused by closing of western Iapetus Ocean? What Era did this occur on?
Taconic Orogeny, Era: Paleozoic
400
In what two geologic landscapes can the whole Trilobite fossil class be found?
Allegheny Plateau, and Hudson-Mohawk Lowlands.
400
What period 2 periods were the Tetragraptus fossil founded in and became extinct in?
Founded: Cambrian Extinct: Carboniferous, Pennyslvanian
400
What are the two names for the dinosaur that grew over 75 feet long and had nostrils on the top of its head?
Apatosaurus and Brontosaurus
400
What is it called when a layer of rock is uplifted or folded by magma wanting to leave the inside earth?
Folding
500
In what periods and Era did Earth’s first forests start growing? what other important geologic event happened in New York?
Era:Paleozoic, Period: Middle Devonian, Important geologic event in NY: Acadian Orogeny, Collision of North America and Avalon.
500
In what landscape area did the bedrock form when early humans first come around?.
Atlantic Coastal Plain
500
In what two geologic periods and landscape region in NYS are fossils mostly founded in and what rock origin are they from?
Periods: Devonian and Silurian Region: Erie Ontario Lowlands
500
In what Era were the earliest reptiles found in?
Permian
500
What is it called when a layer of igneous rock is effected by heat?
Metamorphism