Section #: 23.3
The Late Paleozoic
Practice Test
1.
What kind of margins was Laurentia surrounded by during the Cambrian Period?
SC.D.1.4.2
a.
active margins
b.
transform margins
c.
orogenic margins
d.
passive margins
Hint
2.
What is one possible reason for the mass extinction during the late Devonian?
SC.D.1.4.3
a.
global cooling
b.
global warming
c.
sea-level rise
d.
tectonics
Hint
3.
What type of deposits formed behind the Great Permian Reef?
SC.D.1.4.2
a.
evaporites
b.
cyclothems
c.
conglomerates
d.
coal
4.
What type of deposit is the Pennsylvanian Period known for?
SC.G.2.4.1
a.
copper
b.
shale
c.
coal
d.
conglomerate
Hint
5.
Reptiles evolved from amphibians and developed __________.
SC.D.1.4.4
a.
better vision
b.
an amniotic egg
c.
a more-developed hip-bone
d.
a jaw with fewer teeth
6.
A __________ is a distinct set of sediments that are eroded from major mountains chains.
SC.D.1.4.2
a.
cut bank
b.
symmetrical ripple
c.
clastic wedge
d.
meandering deposit
7.
What supercontinent is shown in the figure?
SC.D.1.4.2
a.
Pangaea
b.
Rodinia
c.
Gondwana
d.
Laurentia
Hint
8.
What is an organic reef?
SC.D.1.4.3
a.
a structure made of the calcium carbonate skeletons from once-living organisms
b.
an assemblage of the Paleozoic fauna
c.
a mass extinction event
d.
a large pile of fish bones primarily deposited during the Devonian
Hint
9.
What type of marine organisms became dominate during the Mississippian?
SC.D.1.4.3
a.
trilobites
b.
crinoids
c.
fish
d.
brachiopods
Hint
