EAPS 112 Exam 2 Practice Questions & Answers 2023/2024
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EAPS 112 Exam 2 Practice Questions & Answers 2023/2024
Silled basins are thought to be the site of deposition of thick ____ deposits. - ANSWER-evaporite
The evolution of jaws played an important role in the evolution of fish because it allowed them to ____. - ANSWER-diversify feeding styles a...
EAPS 112 Exam 2 Practice Questions &
Answers 2023/2024
Silled basins are thought to be the site of deposition of thick ____ deposits. - ANSWER-evaporite
The evolution of jaws played an important role in the evolution of fish because it allowed them to ____. -
ANSWER-diversify feeding styles and increase oxygen consumption
The ____ Ocean opened along a ____ plate boundary between Laurentia and Baltica. - ANSWER-Iapetus;
divergent
Which characteristic does not apply to trilobites?
a.
abundant in modern oceans
b.
invertebrate
c.
benthos, mobile
d.
excellent guide fossils - ANSWER-abundant in modern oceans
A series of large, northeast-southwest trending islands that protruded from the Sauk Sea were known as
the - ANSWER-Sauk
Fish jaws are thought to have evolved from ________ . - ANSWER-gill arches
________ were armored jawless fish, whereas ________ were among the earliest jawed fish. - ANSWER-
Ostracoderms; acanthodians and placoderms
, What is the most important process in adding oxygen to the Earth's atmosphere? - ANSWER-
photosynthesis
What were the most successful type of Paleozoic plants in non-swampy environments? - ANSWER-
gymnosperms
Which biological process may have resulted in the development of eukaryotic organisms from primitive
prokaryotic organisms? - ANSWER-endosymbiosis
The increase in atmospheric oxygen during the Proterozoic was caused by ____. - ANSWER-
photosynthesis by cyanobacteria.
The next step in the Wilson cycle for the Atlantic ocean is ____. - ANSWER-convergence and creation of
subduction zones
What is the study of organic microfossils called? - ANSWER-palynology
The presence of abundant limestone and archeocyathids indicates which type of environment? -
ANSWER-reef
Which of the following was critical for the adaptation of reptiles to terrestrial ecosystems? - ANSWER-the
amniote egg
The accumulation of an early atmosphere by the release of gases from Earth's interior during volcanism
is known as ____. - ANSWER-outgassing
The Ouachita Mountains are located in ____. - ANSWER-Oklahoma and Arkansas
Which model was developed to explain the opening and closing (creation and destruction) of ocean
basins? - ANSWER-Wilson Cycle
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