Geology and Paleontology Worksheet

Who is the GOAT?

• Messi

• Megan Rapinoe

• The Permian-Triassic extinction

• Lystrosaurus

What is a greenstone belt?

• An area separating terranes, composed of metamorphosed mafic to ultramafic igneous and sedimentary rocks

• An area separating cratons, composed of mafic to ultramafic igneous and sedimentary rocks

• An area separating terranes, composed of mafic to ultramafic igneous and sedimentary rocks

• An area separating terranes, composed of metamorphosed felsic igneous and sedimentary rocks

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

From oldest (bottom) to youngest (top), what is the order of events in the Precambrian?

• Great Oxygenation Event

• Chemosynthetic bacteria

• Rodinia

• Photosynthetic cyanobacteria

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What is the oldest eukaryote fossil?

• Acritarch

• Charnia wardi

• Chemosynthetic bacteria

• Kimberella

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What are the following Cambrian animals?

• Active swimmer, large predator

• Anomalocaris

• Active swimmer, chordate

• Archeocyatha

• Suspension feeder, sponge

• Pikaia

• Benthic feeder, animal with spines

• Wiwaxia

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which was the first animal to be on land?

• Eusthenopteron

• Ichthyostega

• Dunkleosteus

• Tiktaalik

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

What is chalk made of?

• Radiolarians

• Diatoms

• Acritarchs

• Coccolithophorids

Who of these is a dinosaur?

• Dimetrodon

• Ichthyosaurs

• Eoraptor

• Pterodactylus

What do fast spreading rates in mid-ocean ridges generate?

• Sea level fall, higher CO2, more land is exposed to weathering

• Sea level rise, higher CO2, less land is exposed to weathering

• Sea level fall, lower CO2, more land is exposed to weathering

• Sea level rise, lower CO2, less land is exposed to weathering

From oldest (bottom) to youngest (top), what is the order of the following orogenic events in North America?

• Nevadan

• Acadian

• Laramide

• Taconic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4