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