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Concept 3 Quiz

Concept 3 Quiz

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

This activity contains 12 questions.

	Which era of the geologic time scale is often referred to as the "age of reptiles"?   Mesozoic Cenozoic Paleozoic Precambrian none of the above

	One group of ____________, exemplified by the fossil Archaeopteryx, led to the development of birds.   large cats rodents fishes angiosperms reptiles

	Evidence indicates that some dinosaurs, unlike their present-day reptile relatives, were warm-blooded.    True  False

	Which of the following is not a period of the Mesozoic era?   Cretaceous Tertiary Triassic Jurassic none of the above

	The most important event marking the beginning of the Mesozoic era is the   extensive shallow seas over the North American continent abundance of flowering plants Permian extinction and the fossil record abundant marine fossils all of the above

	A major event of the Paleozoic included the breakup of Pangaea.    True  False

	As dominant terrestrial animals, reptiles were not restricted to marine environments because they developed   a shelled egg big teeth flight large size none of the above

	Shallow seas covered much of western North America and other areas of the continent during much of the Mesozoic ____________ period.   Triassic Permian Cretaceous Tertiary Jurassic

	The middle and southern ranges of the Rocky Mountains formed toward the end of the Mesozoic during the __________ orogeny.   K-T booundary Laramide Navajo Wyoming none of the above

	The Mesozoic era ends at the K-T boundary.    True  False

	One of the world's richest deposits of large dinosaur fossils is associated with the Triassic red sandstones.    True  False

	Evidence for a pervasive drier climate in North America throughout much of the Mesozoic includes   massive dunes of the Navajo Sandstone Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park extensive terrestrial rocks and fossil evidence the dominance of gymnosperms all of the above

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