Question 1

The most abundant rock type deposited during the Kaskaskian sequence was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

carbonate

Question 2

The Taconic, Caledonian, and Acadian orogenies were all part of the same major orogenic event related to the closing of the Iapetus Ocean.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

Terranes and microplates were part of the formation of Pangaea.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

What do cyclothems represent?

Accepted Answer

A) volcanism 
B) evaporation 
C) transgressive and regressive cycles 
D) transgression only 
E) regression only 
A) volcanism 
B) evaporation 
C) transgressive and regressive cycles 
D) transgression only 
E) regression only

Question 5

What are believed to be the causes of global transgressive and regressive cycles?

Accepted Answer

The causes are largely thought

Question 6

During the Sauk transgression, the Transcontinental Arch was a highland estimated to be tens of thousands of feet high.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

A cratonic sequence is distinguished by a ____.

Accepted Answer

A) transgressive phase followed by regressive phase 
B) regressive phase followed by a transgressive phase 
C) regressive phase only 
D) transgressive phase only 
E) lack of any sequence 
A) transgressive phase followed by regressive phase 
B) regressive phase followed by a transgressive phase 
C) regressive phase only 
D) transgressive phase only 
E) lack of any sequence

Question 8

Each of the major continents at the beginning of the Paleozoic had two major components. These were a(n)____.

Accepted Answer

A) trough and a range 
B) craton and a mobile belt 
C) immobile belt and a rift margin 
D) craton and a ocean basin 
E) volcano and a desert 
A) trough and a range 
B) craton and a mobile belt 
C) immobile belt and a rift margin 
D) craton and a ocean basin 
E) volcano and a desert

Question 9

During the _____ Period, southern Gondwana moved over the South Pole, resulting in extensive glaciation.

Accepted Answer

A) Permian 
B) Carboniferous 
C) Devonian 
D) Ordovician 
E) Cambrian 
A) Permian 
B) Carboniferous 
C) Devonian 
D) Ordovician 
E) Cambrian

Question 10

The Silurian Clinton Formation is an important source for ____.

Accepted Answer

A) rock salt 
B) oil and gas 
C) iron 
D) silica 
E) lime 
A) rock salt 
B) oil and gas 
C) iron 
D) silica 
E) lime

Question 11

By the end of the Permian, the Absaroka Sea had retreated from the craton, exposing what type of deposits?

Accepted Answer

A) evaporite 
B) black shale 
C) volcanic 
D) red bed 
E) reef 
A) evaporite 
B) black shale 
C) volcanic 
D) red bed 
E) reef

Question 12

What role did microplates and terranes play in the formation of Pangaea? Provide an example.

Accepted Answer

Numerous terranes or microplates of vari

Question 13

Extensive oil deposits exist in the Permian _____ deposits in Texas and New Mexico.

Accepted Answer

A) reef 
B) sandstone 
C) shale 
D) phosphate 
E) volcanic 
A) reef 
B) sandstone 
C) shale 
D) phosphate 
E) volcanic

Question 14

Extensive _____ were deposited as the Tippecanoe Sea gradually regressed from the North American craton during the late Silurian.

Accepted Answer

A) sandstones 
B) shales 
C) volcanic rocks 
D) evaporites 
E) limestones 
A) sandstones 
B) shales 
C) volcanic rocks 
D) evaporites 
E) limestones

Question 15

In southeast Missouri, dolostones provide which mineral resource?

Accepted Answer

A) salts 
B) uranium 
C) lead 
D) copper 
E) oil 
A) salts 
B) uranium 
C) lead 
D) copper 
E) oil

Question 16

Describe a clastic wedge. How can a clastic wedge be used as evidence for an orogeny?

Accepted Answer

A clastic wedge is an extensive accumula

Question 17

Rocks of the shield are ____.

Accepted Answer

A) exclusively igneous 
B) exclusively metamorphic 
C) exclusively sedimentary 
D) primarily igneous and metamorphic 
E) primarily igneous and sedimentary 
A) exclusively igneous 
B) exclusively metamorphic 
C) exclusively sedimentary 
D) primarily igneous and metamorphic 
E) primarily igneous and sedimentary

Question 18

When did the Ouachita system change sedimentation styles from those typical of a passive margin to an active margin?

Accepted Answer

A) Late Paleozoic 
B) Early Pennsylvanian 
C) Late Permian 
D) late Devonian 
E) Early Mississippian 
A) Late Paleozoic 
B) Early Pennsylvanian 
C) Late Permian 
D) late Devonian 
E) Early Mississippian

Question 19

What characteristic feature of Pennsylvanian rocks distinguishes rocks of the Absaroka sequence from those of the Kaskaskia sequence, as well as others in North America?

Accepted Answer

A) cyclothems 
B) carbonates 
C) coal 
D) conodonts 
E) chordates 
A) cyclothems 
B) carbonates 
C) coal 
D) conodonts 
E) chordates

Question 20

Erosion of the Taconic Highlands resulted in the development of a(n)____________________ called the Queenston Delta.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Erosion of the Taconic Highlands resulted in...

Exam 20: Paleozoic Earth History

The most abundant rock type deposited during the Kaskaskian sequence was ____________________.

The Taconic, Caledonian, and Acadian orogenies were all part of the same major orogenic event related to the closing of the Iapetus Ocean.

Terranes and microplates were part of the formation of Pangaea.

What do cyclothems represent?

What are believed to be the causes of global transgressive and regressive cycles?

During the Sauk transgression, the Transcontinental Arch was a highland estimated to be tens of thousands of feet high.

A cratonic sequence is distinguished by a ____.

Each of the major continents at the beginning of the Paleozoic had two major components. These were a(n)____.

During the _____ Period, southern Gondwana moved over the South Pole, resulting in extensive glaciation.

The Silurian Clinton Formation is an important source for ____.

By the end of the Permian, the Absaroka Sea had retreated from the craton, exposing what type of deposits?

What role did microplates and terranes play in the formation of Pangaea? Provide an example.

Extensive oil deposits exist in the Permian _____ deposits in Texas and New Mexico.

Extensive _____ were deposited as the Tippecanoe Sea gradually regressed from the North American craton during the late Silurian.

In southeast Missouri, dolostones provide which mineral resource?

Describe a clastic wedge. How can a clastic wedge be used as evidence for an orogeny?

Rocks of the shield are ____.

When did the Ouachita system change sedimentation styles from those typical of a passive margin to an active margin?

What characteristic feature of Pennsylvanian rocks distinguishes rocks of the Absaroka sequence from those of the Kaskaskia sequence, as well as others in North America?

Erosion of the Taconic Highlands resulted in the development of a(n)____________________ called the Queenston Delta.

Understanding Earth: a Dynamic and Evolving Planet

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 Earthapos;s Interior

Deformation, Mountain Building, and Earthapos;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 Life History

Mesozoic Earth and Life History

Cenozoic Earth and Life History

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