Name ___________________
Date _____________
PS/ES Per. ______
Mr. Landsman
1. During what PERIOD did Trilobites first appear in the NYS rock record?
____________________________ Is your answer a PERIOD?__________
2. Define Orogeny:________________________________________________________
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3. The Grenville Orogeny occurred during what EON of the Precambrian?
(include late, middle etc.)___________________________________________________
4. Following the Acadian Orogeny, the Acadian mountains were eroded. The sediment
was deposited in a nearby shallow sea forming the ___________________delta.
5. The sediments that make up the rocks in the Catskill Plateau were deposited
during the ___________________________Period.
6. Name an important index fossil that might be found today in the Catskill Plateau.
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7. Name the three ERAs of the PHANEROZOIC EON.
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8. The earliest birds appeared during what EPOCH of what PERIOD?
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9. The PERMIAN PERIOD began and ended how many millions of years ago (mya).
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9a) How long did the PALEOGENE period last (duration)?________________________
10. How long ago did an extinction of many kinds of marine animals, including Trilobites
occur? (Actually, 90% of all marine species…kaput)
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11. When did Dinosaurs first appear? (#mya and Period/epoch)
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12. The CARBONIFEROUS is divided into what two sub-periods?
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13. Why is it called the Carboniferous?
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14. During what PERIOD did the Placoderm appear? ___________________________
Placoderm
Ten-foot sharks
15. What types of creatures (not species) that went extinct near the end of the Devonian.
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16. How many years ago (mya) did the CENOZOIC begin? _______________________
17. Name any species of brachiopod. _________________________________________
Would you eat one? ____________________
18. How many years did the PRECAMBRIAN last? _____________________________
19. The earliest grasses appeared during what PERIOD/EPOCH?
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20. What was colliding to create the Taconic Mountains?
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21. What type of creature has existed for the longest time and still can be found today?
Think escargot… _________________________________________________________
22. What percent of Earth’s total history does the PHANEROZOIC comprise? ________
23. During what period did the “three-tailed” dinosaur exist? ______________________