1 A) delta B) glacial till C) cyclothem D) clastic wedge 2 A) because there were only active margins B) because there were still a significant number of meteor impacts C) because of the intense volcanic activity D) because there was a significant increase in the diversity of life 3 A) transgression B) regression C) orogenic event D) passive margin 4 A) the Taconic Range B) the passive margin C) the Great Divide D) the Transcontinental Arch 5 A) warm, muddy, shallow water B) warm, clear, shallow water C) cold, clear, deep water D) cold, muddy, deep water 6 A) A B) B C) C D) all of the above 7 A) Late Ordovician B) Late Devonian C) Late Holocene D) Early Cambrian 8 A) oil and gold B) gypsum and halite C) pyrite and gypsum D) halite and fossils 9 A) Caledonian Orogeny B) Larimide Orogeny C) Acadian Orogeny D) Taconic Orogeny 10 A) a large pile of fish bones primarily deposited during the Devonian B) a mass extinction event C) an assemblage of the Paleozoic fauna D) a structure made of the calcium carbonate skeletons from once-living organisms 11 A) active margins B) passive margins C) transform margins D) orogenic margins 12 <![CDATA[<a onClick="window.open('/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=gif::::/sites/dl/free/0078746361/561694/181_envirocns_ls_232c.gif','popWin', 'width=NaN,height=NaN,resizable,scrollbars');" href="#"><img valign="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" border="0" src="/olcweb/styles/shared/linkicons/image.gif"> (26.0K)</a>]]> A) Bolivia marginata multicostata B) Valvulineri californica C) Hanzawaia boueana D) Bolivina granti 13 A) conglomerates B) cyclothems C) evaporites D) coal 14 <![CDATA[<a onClick="window.open('/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=jpg::::/sites/dl/free/0078746361/561694/147_spole_ss_230c.jpg','popWin', 'width=NaN,height=NaN,resizable,scrollbars');" href="#"><img valign="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" border="0" src="/olcweb/styles/shared/linkicons/image.gif"> (16.0K)</a>]]> A) Pangaea B) Gondwana C) Laurentia D) Rodinia 15 A) symmetrical ripple B) meandering deposit C) cut bank D) clastic wedge 16 A) sea-level rise B) global warming C) tectonics D) global cooling 17 <![CDATA[<a onClick="window.open('/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=jpg::::/sites/dl/free/0078746361/561694/147_spole_ss_230d.jpg','popWin', 'width=NaN,height=NaN,resizable,scrollbars');" href="#"><img valign="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" border="0" src="/olcweb/styles/shared/linkicons/image.gif"> (16.0K)</a>]]> A) the east coast of Africa B) Australia C) the west coast of Africa D) the west coast of South America 18 A) crinoids B) fish C) trilobites D) brachiopods 19 A) conglomerate B) coal C) shale D) copper 20 A) Most reptiles lived in the oceans during the Mesozoic. B) the large range of sizes of dinosaurs C) the upright posture of dinosaurs D) Dinosaurs were herbivores and carnivores. 21 A) They were bipedal. B) They were carnivores. C) They were large. D) All were herbivores. 22 A) a swimming reptile that resembles a modern dolphin B) a flying reptile that had light, hollow bones like modern birds C) a modern-day turtle that evolved in the Mesozic Era D) a mammal that lived in the Mesozoic grasslands 23 A) angiosperms B) conifers C) cycads D) grasses 24 <![CDATA[<a onClick="window.open('/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=gif::::/sites/dl/free/0078746361/561694/143_organism_ca_240c.gif','popWin', 'width=NaN,height=NaN,resizable,scrollbars');" href="#"><img valign="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" border="0" src="/olcweb/styles/shared/linkicons/image.gif"> (56.0K)</a>]]> A) Aeger B) Crateraster C) Cypridea D) Pleurotomaria 25 A) Texas B) the Northeast C) Canada D) the Great Lakes region 26 A) extensional forces that caused the Basin and Range Province B) two contintental plates that collided C) a continental plate that moved over the East Pacific Rise D) an oceanic plate that was subducted under a continental plate 27 A) Hominids are bipedal B) Hominoids have greater manual dexterity C) Hominids have smaller brains D) Hominoids have smaller canine teeth 28 A) cycads B) conifers C) grasses D) angiosperms 29 A) horses B) primates C) hominids D) giant ground sloths
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