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PHSC210 Quiz- Perspectives on Earth History Spring 2025 LIBERTY, Quizzes of Geography

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Quiz: Perspectives on Earth History
The term for ocean water over a large expanse of land area is called a(n)
sea.
Epicontinental
Continental shelf
Inundatory
Supracontinental
Pangaean
The largest extinction in the fossil record is found at the end of the
period. Cambrian
Pleistocene
Cretaceous
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Quiz: Perspectives on Earth History

The term for ocean water over a large expanse of land area is called a(n) sea. Epicontinental Continental shelf Inundatory Supracontinental Pangaean The largest extinction in the fossil record is found at the end of the period. Cambrian Pleistocene Cretaceous

Permian

echinoderms

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brachiopods During which time of biblical Earth history did the “Great Upheaval” occur? The beginning of the Flood Day 1 The end of the Flood Day 3 The Ice Age Dinosaurs are known from which Eon of geologic time? Archean Hadean Phanerozoic

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Proterozoic Extensive coal deposits are found in rocks assigned to what geological period? Cretaceous Archean Permean Carboniferous Quaternary During which geological era did the Ice Age occur? Mesozoic Ediacaran Paleozoic

Cryozoic

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Which geological formations are thought to have formed under low- oxygen conditions early in Earth’s history? Red beds Ice age gravels Banded iron formations Bentonites Flood basalts What is the term for the reptile group that includes crocodiles, pterosaurs, and dinosaurs? Lissamphibians Sarcopterygians Archosaurs Question 11

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Stromatolites During which Era did Pangaea break apart? Cretaceous Cenozoic Mesozoic Ediacaran Paleozoic Noah’s Flood, from when Noah got on the ark until he left, lasted approximately how long? 150 days One year Seven days

40 days

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Human fossils are found in post-Flood sediments.

True False