Question 1

The early transgressing seas of both the Tippecanoe and Kaskaskia sequences are marked by deposition of what sedimentary rock type?

Accepted Answer

clean quar

Question 2

During the Sauk transgression,the Transcontinental Arch was a highland estimated to be tens of thousands of feet high.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Polar ice caps existed through most of the Cambrian.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The shield portion of the craton is underlain by ____ age rocks and was tectonically ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  Archean, active 
B)  Precambrian, active 
C)  Precambrian, inactive 
D)  Phanerozoic, inactive 
E)  Phanerozoic, active 
A)  Archean, active 
B)  Precambrian, active 
C)  Precambrian, inactive 
D)  Phanerozoic, inactive 
E)  Phanerozoic, active

Question 5

Each of the major continents at the beginning of the Paleozoic had two major components.These were

Accepted Answer

A)  a trough and a range 
B)  a craton and a mobile belt 
C)  an immobile belt and a rift margin 
D)  a craton and a ocean basin 
E)  a volcano and a desert 
A)  a trough and a range 
B)  a craton and a mobile belt 
C)  an immobile belt and a rift margin 
D)  a craton and a ocean basin 
E)  a volcano and a desert

Question 6

The Silurian Clinton Formation is an important source for ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  rock salt 
B)  oil and gas 
C)  iron 
D)  silica 
E)  lime 
A)  rock salt 
B)  oil and gas 
C)  iron 
D)  silica 
E)  lime

Question 7

What are mobile belts of a continent?

Accepted Answer

elongated areas of m

Question 8

What do cyclothems represent?

Accepted Answer

A)  transgressive and regressive sequences 
B)  transgression of marine sediments over nonmarine sediments 
C)  transgression of nonmarine sediments over marine sediments 
D)  regression of marine sediments 
E)  regionally extensive erosional surfaces 
A)  transgressive and regressive sequences 
B)  transgression of marine sediments over nonmarine sediments 
C)  transgression of nonmarine sediments over marine sediments 
D)  regression of marine sediments 
E)  regionally extensive erosional surfaces

Question 9

Devonian black shale units are all but which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  calcareous 
B)  carbonaceous 
C)  thinly bedded 
D)  conodont bearing 
E)  less than 10 meters in thickness 
A)  calcareous 
B)  carbonaceous 
C)  thinly bedded 
D)  conodont bearing 
E)  less than 10 meters in thickness

Question 10

By the (Early/Middle/Late)____________________ Cambrian,most of North America was covered by epeiric seas with the exception of a highland known as the ____________________.

Accepted Answer

Late,Trans

Question 11

Prior to the transgression of epeiric seas in the Middle Cambrian,the North American craton had been undergoing ____________________ and ____________________.

Accepted Answer

weathering

Question 12

Describe a clastic wedge.How can a clastic wedge be used as evidence for an orogeny?

Accepted Answer

A clastic wedge is an extensive accumula

Question 13

The clastic wedge that formed off of the uplifted Caledonian Highlands is known as what?

Accepted Answer

A)  Old Caledonian Sandstone 
B)  Old Catskill Sandstone 
C)  Oriskany Sandstone 
D)  St. Peters Sandstone 
E)  Old Red Sandstone 
A)  Old Caledonian Sandstone 
B)  Old Catskill Sandstone 
C)  Oriskany Sandstone 
D)  St. Peters Sandstone 
E)  Old Red Sandstone

Question 14

The Zechstein deposits of Europe form the caprock for large quantities of what?

Accepted Answer

A)  lime 
B)  gas 
C)  aluminum 
D)  silica 
E)  iron 
A)  lime 
B)  gas 
C)  aluminum 
D)  silica 
E)  iron

Question 15

The orogeny,which affected the northern Appalachians during the Late Silurian to the end of the Devonian,is known as the ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  Acadian Orogeny 
B)  Caledonian Orogeny 
C)  Appalachian Orogeny 
D)  Hercynian Orogeny 
E)  Ouachita Orogeny 
A)  Acadian Orogeny 
B)  Caledonian Orogeny 
C)  Appalachian Orogeny 
D)  Hercynian Orogeny 
E)  Ouachita Orogeny

Question 16

How did the extensive layers of dolostones form?

Accepted Answer

by magnesium substit

Question 17

What did the Queenston Delta form in response to?

Accepted Answer

A)  uplift of the Taconic Highlands 
B)  subduction of the Iapetus plate 
C)  uplift of the Caledonides 
D)  carbonate deposition 
E)  the Mississippi River 
A)  uplift of the Taconic Highlands 
B)  subduction of the Iapetus plate 
C)  uplift of the Caledonides 
D)  carbonate deposition 
E)  the Mississippi River

Question 18

The presumed causes for transgressions and regressions of shallow seas during the Paleozoic were ____________________ and ____________________.

Accepted Answer

glaciation

Question 19

When and where did the Acadian orogeny occur?

Accepted Answer

Devonian,e

Question 20

What were three major mobile belts in North America in the Paleozoic?

Accepted Answer

Appalacian

Exam 20: Paleozoic Earth History

The early transgressing seas of both the Tippecanoe and Kaskaskia sequences are marked by deposition of what sedimentary rock type?

During the Sauk transgression,the Transcontinental Arch was a highland estimated to be tens of thousands of feet high.

Polar ice caps existed through most of the Cambrian.

The shield portion of the craton is underlain by ____ age rocks and was tectonically ____.

Each of the major continents at the beginning of the Paleozoic had two major components.These were

The Silurian Clinton Formation is an important source for ____.

What are mobile belts of a continent?

What do cyclothems represent?

Devonian black shale units are all but which of the following?

By the (Early/Middle/Late)____________________ Cambrian,most of North America was covered by epeiric seas with the exception of a highland known as the ____________________.

Prior to the transgression of epeiric seas in the Middle Cambrian,the North American craton had been undergoing ____________________ and ____________________.

Describe a clastic wedge.How can a clastic wedge be used as evidence for an orogeny?

The clastic wedge that formed off of the uplifted Caledonian Highlands is known as what?

The Zechstein deposits of Europe form the caprock for large quantities of what?

The orogeny,which affected the northern Appalachians during the Late Silurian to the end of the Devonian,is known as the ____.

How did the extensive layers of dolostones form?

What did the Queenston Delta form in response to?

The presumed causes for transgressions and regressions of shallow seas during the Paleozoic were ____________________ and ____________________.

When and where did the Acadian orogeny occur?

What were three major mobile belts in North America in the Paleozoic?

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Sediment and Sedimentary Rocks

Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks

Earthquakes and Earth's Interior

Deformation,Mountain Building,and Earth's Crust

Mass Wasting

Running Water Streams and Rivers

Groundwater

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Geologic Time: Concepts and Principles

Organic Evolution The Theory and Its Supporting Evidence

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The shield portion of the craton is underlain by age rocks and was tectonically .

By the (Early/Middle/Late) Cambrian,most of North America was covered by epeiric seas with the exception of a highland known as the .

Prior to the transgression of epeiric seas in the Middle Cambrian,the North American craton had been undergoing and .

The presumed causes for transgressions and regressions of shallow seas during the Paleozoic were and .