GEOS101 lab test #1

To the nearest 10 Ma years, how old is the earth? (decimal form e.g. 3.86 billion)?

What is the longest time unit in the Hierarchy?

What is the shortest time unit in the Hierarchy?

What is the oldest Eon?

When did the Paleozoic eon begin?

What is the oldest mineral discovered on earth?

What percentage of species went extinct in the "mother of all extinctions"?

What peninsula did the meteor that killed off all the dinosaurs land near to?

How much time is represented by the Precambrian Era?

What percentage of time (nearest 2 decimal points) is represented by the Phanerozoic Eon?

What is the age of the oldest rocks in Wellington?

When did Gondwanaland break up?

How much do mountains usually uplift per year?

How much does sea level rise per year on average?

What do the mm-thick dark and light grey bands represent on the fossil tree?

What shape was the Belemnite fossil seen as?

Where are Grapholite fossils usually found?

What is the central-ribbed area of a Trilobite called?

What can we determine of the rocks that different fossils that we identify are found in by identifying these fossils?

What does the chambers in a nautilus shell allow it to do?

What do the protrusions on the Kina represent?