Statistics for EOSC - Mass Extinctions

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  • The average score is 40 of 86

Answer Stats

HintAnswer% Correct
Extinction 2Late Devonian
100%
Extinction 1Late Ordovician
100%
When360 ma
75%
How Much50%
75%
How Much60-70%
75%
How Much70-80%
75%
Whyice age
75%
so there was ...no oxygen
75%
Whyno oxygen
75%
AKAthe great dying
75%
When201 ma
50%
When251 ma
50%
for ...2 ma
50%
When450 ma
50%
60% of plants
50%
When66 ma
50%
How Much75%
50%
specifically80-90% marine
50%
How Much90-96%
50%
called the ...alverez hypothesis
50%
ammonites
50%
Whyasteroid impact
50%
CAMP
50%
this would be located in the ...chicxulub impact crater
50%
and so ...clathrates melted
50%
which released ...co2 and so2
50%
coal
50%
Index Fossilconodonts
50%
so...dinosaurs
50%
Afterdinosaurs take over
50%
so it was ...dry
50%
ecological space
50%
Extinction 5End Cretaceous
50%
Extinction 3End Permian
50%
Extinction 4End Triassic
50%
fern spores
50%
which indicated there were ...forest fires
50%
gas
50%
and released ...ghgs
50%
hibernating
50%
what helped species survive?hiding
50%
maybe there was a ...impact
50%
maybe there were ...impacts
50%
called an ...impact winter
50%
this is supported by the ...iridium anomaly
50%
AKAK/Pg extinction event
50%
lethal blasts
50%
which species could do that?mammals
50%
ocean stagnation
50%
and set fire to ...oil
50%
Whoover half of animals
50%
pangaea
50%
which...release methane
50%
shattered glass
50%
shocked quartz
50%
siberian traps erupt
50%
there were also ...soot
50%
suevite
50%
and so ...temperatures increased
50%
Aftertriassic coal gap
50%
tsunami deposits
50%
Whyunclear
50%
this would have caused ...vaporization
50%
would have resulted in ...1% surface light
25%
plant diversity recovered by:230 ma
25%
broken ear drums
25%
what else happened?deccan traps erupted
25%
which ...devastated primary producers
25%
dust
25%
yucatan peninsula had ...evaporites
25%
fire
25%
food chain collapses
25%
1freezing temperatures
25%
like ...gypsum
25%
half of plants
25%
because ...limestones were vaporized
25%
no photosynthesis
25%
like ...phytoplankton
25%
Whysea level fall
25%
and then lead to ...sulphuric acid rain
25%
tektite rain
25%
which had ...tektites
25%
after 1 ...temperatures rose
25%
disrupted rainfall
0%
which lead to ...so2 in the atmosphere
0%
what doubled?volcanic activity
0%

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