Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
geology lab test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The asthenosphere is a thin semifluid layer of earth located below the outer rigid_____, forming much of the upper_____ | lithosphere, mantle |
| On the Geologic time scale, what is the oldest time unit? | Precambrian |
| The "Age of Reptiles" is called what | Mesozoic |
| what type of rock forms through the accumulation and consolidation of grains of broken rock, crystals, skeletal fragments, and organic matter? | sedimentary |
| what 2 sedimentary structures demonstrate the direction and energy level of the water that transported the sediment? | ripple marks and cross bedding |
| What is the oldest mountain building event recorded in the rocks of the southeast? | Grenville orogeny |
| the Grenville orogeny was associated with the assembly of what supercintinent? | Rodinia |
| During the Grenville orogeny, what tectonic plate was North America part of | Iapetus |
| what rock type was present in Kentucky and Tennessee that indicates the existence of shallow epicontinental seas? | limestone |
| A large chunk of rock which originated in one place and is eventually added to a continent is called what? | terrane |
| A section of earths oceanic crust and the underlying upper mantle thrust onto continental crustal rocks is called a what | ophiolite |
| The first mountain building event along the east coast of NA that occurred during the Paleozoic what called what | Taconic Orogeny |
| The second mountain building event along the east coast of NA that occurred during the Paleozoic was the what | Acadian orogeny |
| A depression located on the continent side of the mountains, and formed by the buckling of the earth's crust | inland basin |
| The third mountain building event along the east coast of NA that occurred during the Paleozoic was called what | Pangea |
| During the third mountain building event slices of crust were thrust westward along enormous faults like _____ in GA | Brevard Fault Zone |
| The erosion of the third mountain building event buried thick layers of peat creating huge deposits of what | coal |
| The geological basement of the modern _____ was the last major piece of present day eastern north America to be attached | Florida peninsula |
| As Pangea broke apart, the early stages of the Gulf of Mexico are marked by abundant _____ presently important in trapping petroleum | salt |
| This physiographic feature marks the boundary between the coastal plain and the piedmont region. | fall line |
| During Pangea, what was the rift basin called that separated GA from FL | Suwanee straits |
| at the peak of the last glacial advance, sea level was approximately....? | 100 m lower |
| Florida's modern peninsula is the above water portion of a _____ covered by a thin layer of siliciclastic sediment | carbonate platform |
| The quaternity is divided into the ____ and the ____ | cretaceous and Holocene |
| widely fluctuating ______drastically effected the erosion and deposition of sediment on the coastal plain, creating scarps and river terraces | sea levels |
| The formation of the _____, which connects North and south America in Panama, likely had a major effect on Pleistocene climate | Central American isthmus |
| what epoch is the most recent and current period of retreat, and is referred to as an interglacial interval | Holocene |
| this sedimentary rock is indicative of deposition on a river channel | conglonerate |
| this igneous rock is felsic and plutonic | granite |
| this sed rock indicates deposition on a coastal beach | sandstone |
| This metamorphic rock is the parent rock of limestone. | marble |
| the original parent rock from which a metamorphosized rock is formed | protolif |
| the rocks of the blue ridge have been compressed into a giant ____, or upward fold that has become the "backbone" of the Appalachian range, preventing the mountains from becoming completely flat. | cataclastic |
| Where can you go in Georgia to see the rocks of the Grenville Orogeny | Red top mountain |
| What is the order of the uplifts of the Appalachians | teconic, Acadian, Alleghenian |
Created by:
maggiemaddox77
Popular Earth Science sets