What is the 'Boring Billion' known for?

Geological History and the Midcontinent Rift

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Aiden Montgomery
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A period of rapid evolution
The era when dinosaurs first appeared
A time of significant geological activity
A billion years with little evolutionary change
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did geophysicists discover in the 1940s that led to the understanding of the Midcontinent Rift?
A region of stronger gravity
A new type of dinosaur fossil
A large oil reserve
A new tectonic plate
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What are flood basalts?
Igneous rocks formed by slow cooling magma
Metamorphic rocks formed under high pressure
Volcanic rocks formed by massive lava eruptions
Sedimentary rocks formed by rivers
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the first stage of the Wilson Cycle?
Formation of a subduction zone
Creation of a mid-ocean ridge
Continents smashing together
A rift forming and a continent being pulled apart
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is passive rifting?
A process where a continent is pushed together
A sideways force pulling a continent apart
A vertical force compressing a continent
A process where a continent is submerged
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What geological feature marks the boundary of the Illinois Microplate?
The Midcontinent Rift
The Grenville Front
The East African Rift
The Atlantic Ocean
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is believed to have caused the end of the Midcontinent Rift's volcanic activity?
The impact of a large meteorite
A collision with another landmass
The formation of a new ocean
The eruption of a supervolcano
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