To calculate your average after Test 2, you need to first calculate the average of
your two test scores, then add the extra credit from clicker points.
Here is how to calculate the extra credit. Sum up your performance points
through March 2, then divide by 53 and multiple by 10; that is the extra credit for
performance. Sum up your participation points through March 2, then divide by
24 and multiply by 5; that is the extra credit for participation.
Example calculations (assumes the class average for tests 1 and 2, plus 40
performance points and 20 participation points):
Test 1 = 68; Test 2 = 71; (68+71)/2 = 69.5
Performance: (40/53) x 10 = 7.5
Participation: (20/24) x 5 = 4.2
Average = 69.5 + 7.5 + 4.2 = 81.2
Grade Scale: A+: 99-117 C: 66-76 A: 88-98 D: 55-65 B: 77-87 F: 0-54
Clicker Questions, Test 3
March 7, 2016, Outline 12
1. Which type of data is most important for reconstructing paleogeography?
A. Paleomagnetic data
B. Data about ancient climate zones
C. Location and age of mountain belts
D. Estimating past rates of sea floor spreading
2. Antarctica was once part of which ancient continent?
A. Namibia
B. Baltica
C. Gondwana
D. Laurentia
3. The Paleozoic name for northern Europe is?
A. Namibia
B. Baltica
C. Gondwana
D. Laurentia
4. Mountain belts are formed by orogenies, which happens when tectonic plates
collide. The mountains of the central Appalachians are the Allegheny
Mountains. Which Paleozoic continents, or plates, collided to form these
mountains?
A. Laurentia and Baltica
B. China and Siberia
C. Siberia and Laurentia
D. Gondwana and Laurussia
Outline 13
5. The sandstones at Seneca Rocks, WV, were formed in what type of sedimentary
environment?
A. Rivers
B. Barrier Island
C. Submarine landslides
D. Lagoon
6. How did the Paleozoic sedimentary wedges form in the Appalachian Basin?
A. The basin kept sinking as sediment was washed in.
B. Mountains formed to the east from plate collisions.
C. Mountains to the east were eroded and shed sediments into the basin.
D. All of the above.
March 9, 2016, Outline 13
1. High levels of which atmospheric gas are necessary for extensive coal
formation?
A. Carbon dioxide
B. Oxygen
C. Nitrogen
D. Methane
2. When wood is buried, heated, and compressed to form coal, what compound is
released during the process?
A. Oxygen
B. Oil
C. Water
D. Carbon dioxide
3. Which state produces the most coal in the U.S.?
A. West Virginia
B. Montana
C. Kentucky
D. Wyoming
Outline 14
4. What kind of fossil animal is shown above?
A. Trilobite
B. Brachiopod
C. Bryozoan
D. Cephalopod
March 14, 2016, Outline 14
1. Which of the following statements is correct about the Cambrian Explosion of
Life?
A. Animals first appeared in the Cambrian.
B. Although the number of Cambrian species increased rapidly, there are more
phyla (body plans) living today than probably were present in the Cambrian.
C. There were more phyla (body plans) in the Cambrian than there are today,
although there were much fewer species in each phylum than today.
2. What kind of fossil animal is shown above?
A. Bryozoan
B. Crinoid
C. Coral
D. Lobopod
3. What kind of fossil animal is shown above?
A. Coral
B. Bryozoan
C. Brachiopod
D. Crinoid
4. What kind of fossil animals are shown above?
A. Trilobites
B. Sea scorpions
C. Lobsters
D. Anomalocaris
March 16, 2016, Outline 15
1. Another name for jawless fish is:
A. Agnatha
B. Cartilaginous fish
C. Placoderms
D. Sea squirts
2. Which came first in fish evolution?
A. Jaws
B. Teeth
C. Lobe-fins
D. Lungs
3. Tiktaalik rosea has been called a fish-apod. What does that mean?
A. It’s an evolutionary intermediate between fish and tretrapods.
B. It’s like most other lobe-finned fish.
C. It’s essentially a tetrapod.
D. It’s an amphibian, which are intermediates between fish and tetrapods.
4. Fish walked underwater before they walked on land.
A. True
B. False
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/blind-fish-that-crawls-on-land-holds-clues-toevolution/
March 28, 2016, Outline 16
1. Which country currently (2010 data) exports the most oil to the U.S.?
A. Saudi Arabia
B. Iraq
C. Venezuela
D. Canada
2. Assuming 1 Trillion barrels of oil reserves, how long will the oil last at current
consumption rates if we stopped exploring for new oil?
A. 10 years
B. 20 years
C. 40 years
D. 80 years
3. Oil is a fossil fuel. What kind of fossil organisms are the primary source of oil?
A. Marine algae/plankton
B. Land plants
C. Dinosaurs
D. Marine animals
4. Natural gas from shale now produces more electricity than coal.
A. True
B. False
March 30, 2016, Outline 16
1. Why is so much oil of Mesozoic age?
A. The climate was warmer.
B. The oceans were stagnant.
C. The Tethys seaway closed and folded the rock layers.
D. Reefs were abundant at that time.
E. All of the above.
March 30, 2016, Outline 17
2. Mammals evolved from which group of reptiles?
A. Anapsids
B. Synapsids
C. Diapsids
D. Euryapsids
3. What kind of eggs did dinosaurs lay?
A. Embryonic eggs
B. Gelatinous eggs
C. Precocious eggs
D. Amniotic eggs
4. Which group of living animals are most closely related to dinosaurs?
A. Lizards
B. Crocodiles
C. Birds
D. Mammals
April 4, 2016, Outline 17
1. Which morphologic feature is used to separate the two major groups of
dinosaurs, Saurischians and Ornithiscians?
A. The number of digits on the forelimbs and hind limbs.
B. The shape of the pelvic bones.
C. The number of openings in the back of the skull.
D. All of the above.
2. Which group of dinosaurs were the only meat-eaters?
A. Ceratopsians
B. Stegosauria
C. Sauropoda
D. Theropoda
3. The skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex Sue that is on display at the Field Museum in
Chicago, is thought to be a female. Why?
A. It is smaller overall when compared to other T. rex skeletons of the same
length.
B. It is larger overall when compared to other T. rex skeletons of the same
length.
C. It was found sitting on a nest of eggs.
D. It was found by Sue Henderson.
4. Birds are descended from sauropod dinosaurs.
A. True
B. False
April 6, 2016, Outline 18
1. Where else has shocked quartz been found besides at the K/T boundary?
A. In volcanic ash falls.
B. In submarine volcanic explosions.
C. Where atomic bombs were tested.
D. In meteorites
2. What is a tektite?
A. A very small meteorite.
B. Glass beads formed from melted rock at impact.
C. Rocks that form during plate tectonics.
D. A rare element found at the K/T boundary layer.
3. Where is the crater from the asteroid that hit the Earth 66 million years ago?
A. Arizona
B. Quebec, Canada
C. In the Pacific Ocean
D. Yucatan, Mexico
4. The K/T (or K/P) extinction event killed all animals larger than about:
A. 2 kg, or 5 pounds
B. 20 kg, or 50 pounds
C. 50 kg, or 110 pounds
D. 100 kg, or 220 pounds