Question 1

The Great Salt Lake in Utah is the only pluvial lake which remains at the size it was during the Wisconsin glacial stage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

During the Cenozoic,brachiopods ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  greatly expanded their numbers and diversity 
B)  were greatly reduced in number of genera 
C)  took over habitats previously occupied by mollusks, forcing those creatures to go extinct 
D)  became the most important marine invertebrate phyla 
E)  became extinct 
A)  greatly expanded their numbers and diversity 
B)  were greatly reduced in number of genera 
C)  took over habitats previously occupied by mollusks, forcing those creatures to go extinct 
D)  became the most important marine invertebrate phyla 
E)  became extinct

Question 3

The oldest known fossil of the genus Homo is from rocks about 3.5 million years old.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The present topography of the Appalachians was formed by erosion during the Mesozoic.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What is the distinction between browsers and grazers? Why did this feature evolve?

Accepted Answer

Grazers have high crown teeth

Question 6

What did the extinction at the end of the Pleistocene affect?

Accepted Answer

A)  only marine organisms 
B)  terrestrial mammals weighing more than 40 Kg 
C)  terrestrial mammals weighing less than 40 Kg 
D)  marine mammals weighing more than 40 Kg 
E)  all mammal groups equally 
A)  only marine organisms 
B)  terrestrial mammals weighing more than 40 Kg 
C)  terrestrial mammals weighing less than 40 Kg 
D)  marine mammals weighing more than 40 Kg 
E)  all mammal groups equally

Question 7

How were Neanderthals different from modern humans?

Accepted Answer

Neanderthal skulls were long and low wit

Question 8

The most recent ancestor of modern humans that evolved about 35,000 years ago is ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The most recent ancestor of modern humans...

Question 9

The evolution of the horse involved major changes from Hyracotherium,including increase in size and development of one toe.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

New seafloor is being created in the East African rift.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The oldest hominids belong to the genus Homo.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The North American Cordillera was only active in the Mesozoic and has a very simple deformational history.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

All except which of the following distinguish hominids from other hominoids?

Accepted Answer

A)  bipedal manner of locomotion 
B)  larger brain with internal segments 
C)  reduced face and canine teeth 
D)  are only carnivorous eaters 
E)  use and construction of sophisticated tools 
A)  bipedal manner of locomotion 
B)  larger brain with internal segments 
C)  reduced face and canine teeth 
D)  are only carnivorous eaters 
E)  use and construction of sophisticated tools

Question 14

Evaporite deposits formed as a result of the drying up of large pluvial lakes in the western United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The first of the hominids to make major migrations was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The first of the hominids to make...

Question 16

The evolutionary trend in mammal size during the Pleistocene could have been in response to ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  global warming when there was more food available 
B)  cooler temperatures because large animals retain heat more efficiently 
C)  protection from predation of other organisms 
D)  increased predatory ability 
E)  decreased metabolic requirements 
A)  global warming when there was more food available 
B)  cooler temperatures because large animals retain heat more efficiently 
C)  protection from predation of other organisms 
D)  increased predatory ability 
E)  decreased metabolic requirements

Question 17

Evaporation of pluvial lakes formed thick sand and gravel deposits.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The geologic province caused by the collision of India with Asia is known as the Alpine-Himalayan Orogenic Belt.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The cause for cessation of Laramide deformation was a(n)____.

Accepted Answer

A)  decrease in the angle of the subducted slab 
B)  change from subduction to rift tectonics 
C)  increase in the angle of the subducted slab 
D)  change from subduction to transform tectonics 
E)  cessation of subduction 
A)  decrease in the angle of the subducted slab 
B)  change from subduction to rift tectonics 
C)  increase in the angle of the subducted slab 
D)  change from subduction to transform tectonics 
E)  cessation of subduction

Question 20

A.africanus appeared about 3.0 million years ago and is very similar to A.afarensis except for a few minor details.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 23: Cenozoic Earth and Life History

The Great Salt Lake in Utah is the only pluvial lake which remains at the size it was during the Wisconsin glacial stage.

During the Cenozoic,brachiopods ____.

The oldest known fossil of the genus Homo is from rocks about 3.5 million years old.

The present topography of the Appalachians was formed by erosion during the Mesozoic.

What is the distinction between browsers and grazers? Why did this feature evolve?

What did the extinction at the end of the Pleistocene affect?

How were Neanderthals different from modern humans?

The most recent ancestor of modern humans that evolved about 35,000 years ago is ____________________.

The evolution of the horse involved major changes from Hyracotherium,including increase in size and development of one toe.

New seafloor is being created in the East African rift.

The oldest hominids belong to the genus Homo.

The North American Cordillera was only active in the Mesozoic and has a very simple deformational history.

All except which of the following distinguish hominids from other hominoids?

Evaporite deposits formed as a result of the drying up of large pluvial lakes in the western United States.

The first of the hominids to make major migrations was ____________________.

The evolutionary trend in mammal size during the Pleistocene could have been in response to ____.

Evaporation of pluvial lakes formed thick sand and gravel deposits.

The geologic province caused by the collision of India with Asia is known as the Alpine-Himalayan Orogenic Belt.

The cause for cessation of Laramide deformation was a(n)____.

A.africanus appeared about 3.0 million years ago and is very similar to A.afarensis except for a few minor details.

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Plate Tectonics: A Unifying Theory

Minerals The Building Blocks of Rocks

Igneous Rocks and Plutons

Volcanoes and Volcanism

Weathering, Erosion, and Soil

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

Glaciers and Glaciation

The Work of Wind and Deserts

Oceans, Shorelines, and Shoreline Processes

Geologic Time: Concepts and Principles

Organic Evolution The Theory and Its Supporting Evidence

Precambrian Earth and Life History

Paleozoic Earth History

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