Earth History GEOL 2110 Final ExamREVIEW. Final Exam Structure Multiple choice, matching, short...
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- Earth History GEOL 2110 Final ExamREVIEW
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- Final Exam Structure Multiple choice, matching, short answer
Will assume you know the time scale sequence ! 25% - First Third of
Course* 25% - Second Third of Course* 50% - Final Third of Course
*questions will largely be repeats from prior quizzes and
midterms
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- Study Strategies Review Previous Exams and Quizzes Review Class
Powerpoints Reread chapter summaries Create a Fact Sheet on
important time intervals
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- Geol 2110 Earth History Final Exam Study Factsheet
Era/Period/Epoch: _______________________ Time Interval:
____________________Ga/Ma NA Paleogeography Craton: Eastern Margin:
Western Margin: Tectonic Events Supercontinents?: NA Orogenies:
Cause: Other : Major NA Geological Deposits Depositional Sequence:
Craton: Eastern Margin: Western Margin: Paleoclimate NA: Cause:
Global: Cause Biological Events New Species: Cause : Extinctions:
Cause: Other Interesting Factoids
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- What to Know about the Mesozoic/Cenozoic Major tectonic events
and causes Elements of a continental volcanic arc Major Rock
Formations time and significance Paleoclimate of time periods -
causes Major evolutionary appearances and extinctions -causes
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- Mesozoic Era Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous Periods
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- Geology and Tectonics of the MZ Classic Geol Formations Navajo
SS Pierre Shale Niobrara Fm Morrison Fm Chinle Fm Know Age and
Depositional Environment Major Orogenies Triassic Rift Grabens
Triassic Sonoman Orogeny Jurassic Sierran Orogeny Cretaceous Sevier
Orogeny Cretaceous Laramide Orogeny Know Causes
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- Mesozoic Tectonics Laramide Orogeny and Magmatic Null
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- MZ Climate and Sea Level Changes
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- Mesozoic Marine Life After the Permo-Triassic Extinction
Bryozoans, Brachiopods, Rugose and Tabulate Coral, and Crinoids
give way to: Bivalves, Gastropods, Mollusks, Modern Coral
Crustaceans, Cephlapods, Echoniderms, Diverse Fish and Swimming
Reptiles PREDATOR-PREY RELATIONS RULE THE SEAS
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- Mesozoic Land Life The Land Before Time
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- Flowering Plants Evolve Rapid regeneration provided ample food
supply for dinosaurs Pollinating insects (moths and bees) become
important partners
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- The Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction ~ half of life is
exterminated
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- Evidence for a Meteor Impact Volcanic Glass Spherules Shocked
Quartz
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- Cenozoic Era Paleogene, Neogene Periods Paleocene, Eocene,
Oligocene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene, Holocene/Anthropocene
Epochs
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- Present-Day Tectonic Picture Know origin and history of: Sierra
Nevada Batholith San Andreas Fault Basin and Range Colorado Plateau
Snake River Volcanics Yellowstone Hot Spot
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- Cenozoic Tectonics Mid-Miocene (~15 Ma) Pliocene (~5 Ma)
Oligocene (~30 Ma)
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- Basin and Range Province Extensional Thinning of the Crust
Extension due to mantle upwelling in area of Slab Gap
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- Climate Change in the Cenozoic CH 4 Degassing
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- Climate Change in the Cenozoic The Great Eocene-Oligocene Cool
Down
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- Separation of Australia and SA from Antarctica triggers
Glaciation and Major Extinction of Warm-climate Species The Great
Eocene - Oligocene Cool Down
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- Climate Change in the Cenozoic Mid-Miocene Cool Down
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- Mid-Miocene Cool Down (15 Ma) Arctic Atlantic Connection
Established Miocene 20-15 Ma
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- Cool Down Continues into the Pliocene and into Today
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- Climate Change Affects the Biosphere Warm, lush forests/jungles
of the Eocene give way to . Temperate grasslands and savannas of
the Miocene
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- The Gondwanan Continents Natural Laboratories of
Speciation
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- Ecological Convergence
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- Great American Interchange When Migration was North to South
Isthmus established in Mid-Pliocene (4Ma) South Americans North
Americans
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- Pleistocene Glaciation Know Global Effects: Sea Level Change
Stream Rejuvenation Isostatic Rebound Lakes Shift in Biozones
Yellowstone Hot Spot
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- Why the Cycles? Orbital Effects Milankovitch Cycles
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- What Brought us to the Threshold? Changes in
Paleogeography
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- Fresh Meltwaters Shut Down the Conveyor in the Younger Dryas
(10,000 ybp) Catastrophic Glacial Calving
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- Advance Erosion RetreatDeposition
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- Common Continental Glacial Landforms formed during glacial
retreat
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- The Tale of Two Pro-glacial Lakes
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- Effect of Glaciation on Flora
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- Evolution of Humans Homonids split from Ape relatives 6-7 Ma
Lucy 4 Species of Homonids Living Side-by-Side
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- When Did the Anthropocene Begin?
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- Nature of Human Effects
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- Terminology and Definitions Biological Resources renewable
recycleable reuseable Mineral Resources non-renewable recycleable
reuseable Water Resources unlimited recycleable reuseable Wind and
Solar unlimited Sustainable Development is development that meets
the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs (1984, United Nations
Commission) Stewardship - administration, management, control,
including responsible use of resources (Oxford English Dictionary
Online) Natural Resources materials, and energy that occur
naturally within the Earths spheres. Many are essential for our
survival, while others are used for satisfying our wants.
Stuff
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- STEWARDSHIP: the individuals responsibility to manage his life
and property with proper regard to the rights of others Websters
Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary (1987) Stewardship of Earth
Resources Responsible stewardship of mineral resources demands that
we make sensible and fair choices of where, how, and when to
acquire critical resources we need for today and for the future.
inconvenient truths Making these choices also requires that we face
some other inconvenient truths about the earth and our interaction
with it.
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- Final Exam Next Wednesday 2-3:50 AM Cina 308