Geology Reference
In-Depth Information
Important Terms
angiosperm (p. 613)
Archaeopteryx (p. 622)
archosaur (p. 614)
bipedal (p. 614)
Cordilleran orogeny (p. 603)
Cretaceous Interior Seaway (p. 605)
cynodont (p. 624)
dinosaur (p. 614)
ectotherm (p. 620)
endotherm (p. 620)
ichthyosaur (p. 620)
iridium anomaly (p. 627)
Laramide orogeny (p. 604)
marsupial mammal (p. 626)
monotreme (p. 626)
mosasaur (p. 621)
Nevadan orogeny (p. 603)
Ornithischia (p. 614)
placental mammal (p. 626)
plesiosaur (p. 621)
pterosaur (p. 620)
quadrupedal (p. 614)
Saurischia (p. 614)
Sevier orogeny (p. 604)
Sonoma orogeny (p. 602)
Sundance Sea (p. 605)
terranes (p. 606)
therapsid (p. 624)
Review Questions
1. When we refer to an animal as an endotherm, we mean
that it
a. _____ lays eggs;
b. _____ is warm blooded;
c. _____ has a skeleton of cartilage;
d. _____ is covered by scales;
e. _____ lived during the Mesozoic Era.
2. The orogeny responsible for the present-day Rocky
Mountains is the
a. _____ Sonoma;
b. _____ Sevier;
c. _____ Laramide;
d. _____ Nevadan;
e. _____ Antler.
d. _____ Mesozoic
3. The fi rst Mesozoic major seaway to fl ood North
America was the
a. _____ Cretaceous Interior Seaway;
b. _____ Sundance;
c. _____ Cordilleran;
d. _____ Zuni;
e. _____ Newark.
4. The jaw-skull joint in typical reptiles is between which
two bones?
a. _____ premolar and maxillary;
b. _____ dentary and occipital;
c. _____ atlas and mandible;
d. _____ articular and quadrate;
e. _____ marsupial and placental.
5. Triassic rifting between which two continental land-
masses initiated the breakup of Pangaea?
a. _____ India and Australia;
b. _____ Antarctica and India;
c. _____ South America and Africa;
d. _____ North America and Eurasia;
e. _____ Laurasia and Gondwana.
6. Which one of the following was a Mesozoic marine
reptile?
a. _____ ammonite;
b. _____ coccolithophore;
c. _____ plesiosaur;
d. _____ theropod;
e. _____ Archaeopteryx.
7. The formation or complex responsible for the spec-
tacular scenery of the Petrifi ed Forest is the
a. _____ Franciscan;
b. _____ Morrison;
c. _____ Chinle;
d. _____ Wingate;
e. _____ Navajo.
8. Modifi cation of the hand yielding an elongated fourth
fi nger for wing support is found in
a. _____ birds;
b. _____ insects;
c. _____ pterosaurs;
d. _____ theropods;
e. _____ bats.
9. During the Jurassic, the newly forming Gulf of Mexico
was the site of primarily what type of deposition?
a. _____ evaporites;
b. _____ siliciclastics;
c. _____ volcaniclastics;
d. _____ detrital;
e. _____ coal.
10. All sauropod dinosaurs were __________
and __________.
a. _____ small/carnivores;
b. _____ herbivores/quadrupeds;
c. _____ bipedal/plant eaters;
d. _____ omnivores/tree climbers;
e. _____ monotremes/cynodonts.
 
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