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GEOHISTORY

GEOHISTORY. Created by Mildred. Jeopardy. When. Life. Events. Geohist. Landscapes. $100. $100. $100. $100. $100. $200. $200. $200. $200. $200. $300. $300. $300. $300. $300. $400. $400. $400. $400. $400. $500. $500. $500. $500. $500. What is the age of the Earth?.

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GEOHISTORY

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  1. GEOHISTORY Created by Mildred

  2. Jeopardy When Life Events Geohist. Landscapes $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500

  3. What is the age of the Earth? 4.5 - 4.6 billion years

  4. What is the duration of the Permian period? 48 million years

  5. How old are the oldest known rocks? About 4.2 billion years old.

  6. When did the devonian period begin? 416 million years ago.

  7. How long did the precambrian eon last? About 4 billion years.

  8. During which period did the earliest insects appear? Silurian

  9. When did the dinosaurs become extinct? About 65 million years ago.

  10. Why didn’t trilobites eat flowering plants? Because trilobites became extinct before flowering plants evolved.

  11. DAILY DOUBLE

  12. Why won’t you find fossils of the first mammal-like reptiles in NYS? Because there is no Permian rock in NYS.

  13. During which epoch did amphibians become abundant? Late Mississippian

  14. What caused the Alleghanian orogeny? The collision of North America and Africa

  15. During what period was the Adirondack region of New York State uplifted? Cretaceous

  16. During which era did North America completely separate from Africa Mesozoic

  17. When did the first evidence of biological carbon appear? About 3.7 billion years ago

  18. During which epoch did the last period of glaciation occur? Pleistocene

  19. About how old (in years) is the bedrock found at Oswego, NY? Between 488 and 444 million years old

  20. What are 2 characteristics of an index fossil? Wide distribution and on earth for a brief time.

  21. What does the presence of an unconformity always mean? Part of the geologic rock record is missing.

  22. Diring which period of Earth history did the first coral reefs form? Ordovician

  23. To which city in NYS would you go to find fossils if the earliest insects? Syracuse or Niagara Falls

  24. Which term describes a landscape with high elevation and horizontal bedrock structure? Plateau

  25. Which kind of landscape is characterized by high elevations, steep slopes and tilted bedrock? Mountains

  26. The Catskills are part of which landscape region? The Allegheny Plateau

  27. What name is given to a landscape region with low elevation and horizontal bedrock structure? Lowlands or Plains

  28. What is the range of age of the bedrock of the Erie Ontario Lowlands? 488 to 416 million years old

  29. FINAL JEOPARDY Official Stuff ?

  30. What is the name of the official NYS fossil ? The Eurypterus

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