40 questions on the geo 102 exam (or close to 40)

What is the evolutionary step that freed tetrapods from water?

Amniotic Stage

What is the most likely mechanism for the end of the Permian Mass extinction?

Global Warming

What is a term for when a plate fragment rides up and over another plate?

Abduction

Accretionary techtonics involves the formations of the continents by the addition of _____

exotic terranes

Epicontinental seas of the ______ were the most extensive of the _______

Cretaceous, Mesozoic

What is the fundamental mechanism responsible for the development of the Basin and Range Provinence?

Stretching

Ice is thought to be related to the changes in _____________

factors affecting solar radiation

Grasses and Prairies expanded during the ___________

Miocene epoch

What is the geological time period when frogs change to their modern appearance?

Jurassic

Who published the Principles of Geology?

Charles Lyell

Who introduced the Law of Superposition and other rules of stratigraphy?

Nicholas Steno

What is the difference between Inclusion and cross cutting relationship?

For inclusion, the rock is older than the unit they’re in.

What is the youngest eon?

Phanerozoic

How can the weight of an atom be changed?

With neutrons

What mineral is commonly found in the upper mantle?

Olivine

What is the process required to convert an igneous rock into a sediment?

Weathering

What are the conditions (environment) for a carbonate deposition?

Tropical

How does a sequence of sedimentary rock accumulate?

Subsidence

What feature is found in a tidal flat area?

Mudcracks

What is the sequence of rocks called for shale to limestone?

Transgression

What two rock types have the highest viscosity?

Rhyolite and Granite

What rock type causes the partial melting of basalt?

Andesite/Periodotite

What are red beds evidence of?

Shift of oxygen in the atmosphere

The queen shore clastic wedge is an example of __________

Tectonic orogeny

What time period did anoxic orogeny occur?

Ordovician