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Concept 4 Quiz

Concept 4 Quiz

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

This activity contains 12 questions.

	Which one of the following was not a characteristic of primitive mammals?   flat, five-toed feet small size large brain warm-blooded short legs

	Many large mammals were rapidly eliminated during a wave of late Pleistocene extinctions.    True  False

	The first appearance of mammals was during the Mesozoic era.    True  False

	The beginning of the Cenozoic era is marked by the appearance of the first life forms with hard parts.    True  False

	The Cenozoic era is divided into two periods, the Tertiary and the shorter   Mammalian Cretaceous Recent Quaternary Holocene

	During the Cenozoic Era, volcanic activity was extensive on the eastern edge of North America.    True  False

	The Cenozoic Era represents the shortest era within the geologic time scale.    True  False

	Tertiary uplift of the western interior of the continent is largely responsible for the   re-elevation of the Rockies entrenched streams and rivers erosion and excavation of early Tertiary basin deposits Grand Canyon all of the above

	Extensive marine sedimentation during the Cenozoic in North America caused downwarping of the crust and faults along the   Coast Ranges Gulf Coast Cascade Range Rocky Mountains none of the above

	Modern marsupial mammals are found primarily in   South America Europe Antarctica Australia all of the above

	During the Cenozoic, mammals specialized and developed in many ways including   the specialization of teeth to a particular diet an increase in brain capacity limb use an increase in size all of the above

	Flowering plants with covered seeds are called foraminifera.    True  False

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