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Concept 2 Quiz

Concept 2 Quiz

List the principal developments during the Paleozoic Era, including significant geologic, biologic, and special events.

This activity contains 12 questions.

	The Devonian period is often called the "age of fishes."    True  False

	Part of the ancestral Appalachian Mountains formed during the late Paleozoic as North America and Africa collided.    True  False

	Paleozoic means "ancient life."    True  False

	Which of the following group of organisms developed and diversified rapidly in the late Devonian period and late Paleozoic era?   amphibians mammals flowering plants invertebrates reptiles

	During the Early Paleozoic, animal life forms were   limited to swamps mostly restricted to marine environments dominated by large reptiles most abundant on land only flying insects

	Large quantities of rock salt and gypsum were deposited in portions of Ohio, Michigan, and New York during the ____________ period.   Silurian Ordovician Cambrian Precambrian Pennsylvanian

	Burgess Shale fossils are associated with the "Cambrian Explosion."    True  False

	During the Cambrian and the early Paleozoic, North America was part of Gondwanaland.    True  False

	Which of the following events could have contributed to the late Paleozoic Extinction?   climate change increased volcanic activity meteorite impact suturing and formation of the Pangaea supercontinent all of the above

	Invertebrate trilobites developed an exoskeleton made of a protein called   chitin spicule silica cephalopod coral

	The earliest land plants were   flowering plants large trees with trunks a meter across seed ferns blue-green algae small leafless vertical spikes

	Hard parts were quickly developed during the Cambrian as organisms tried to protect themselves from cephalopods.    True  False

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