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Science Geology test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pangaea split into a northern continent called Laurasia and a southern continent called ? | Gandwanaland |
| Flowering plants called____?_____ evolved during the mesozoic era | Angiosperms |
| Which period was dominated by fish? | Devonian period |
| In what time period did great coal forming swamps exist in? | Pennsylvanian period |
| We live in and mamals dominate the________ era | Cenozoic era |
| Plants having seeds without fruit covering such as athe pine appeared in the Permian period and are called__________. | Gymnosperms |
| What era was dominated by invertebrates, fish, and early amphibians and reptiles? | Paleozoic era |
| What formed when volcanoes erupted gases? | Earths early atmosphere |
| What super continent was in the late paleozoic and early Mesozoic era? | Pangaea |
| What was the supercontinent that existed 750 million years ago? | Rondinia |
| The oxygen in our atmosphere is __________ that was created 3 billion years ago | cyanobacteria |
| Based on the fossil evidence of___________,scientist think some dino's cared for their young. | Maiasaura |
| The earth is believed to be ________ years old. | 4.5 billion |
| Which period is known for trilobites? | Cambrian |
| Dino's lived in the ________ era | Mesozoic Era |
| The first bird was the ________ which had feathers and claws. | Archaeopterys |
| What is the process by which a particular organism survives b/c of a trait that makes it suited to the enviorment? | Natural Selection |
| What animal evolved that did not need to return to the water? | Reptiles |
| What animal with a backbone developed during the ordovicion period? | Vertebrates |
| Early Cyanobacteria formed _________ or limestone reef line structures | stromatolites |
| Life began when air molecules were struck by ________? | Lightning |
| _________ live on land but must return to water? | Amphibians |
| A Bird believed to have evolved from the dino ______? | Troodon |
| What formed 3.8 billion years ago? | Oceans |
| what was the longest era? | Pre-cambrian era |
| When did amber form? | 30-90 million years ago |
| Amber is also known as_______? | Succinite |
| What does the modern word amber come from? | the Arabic word ambergris which is a waxy substance in the intestines of whales |
| Is DR Amber too old or too young? | Too Young |
| What breakes down over time? | DNA |
| Is it impossible to get complete strains of Dino DNA? | YES |
| What is the hypothesis of how dino's became extinct? | Extinction was caused by a huge impact that left a cloud around the earthblocking the sunlight killing cold blooded dino's. |
| How long was the earth completely dark? | 1-3 months |
| who were the most affected organisms? | cold blooded dino's |
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