QUESTION 1 Pangaea began to split up during the ___________ period. Cretaceous Triassic Jurassic Permain QUESTION 2 Which of the following late

QUESTION 1

1. Pangaea began to split up during the ___________ period.
2. Cretaceous
3. Triassic
4. Jurassic
5. Permain

QUESTION 2

1. Which of the following late Triassic vertebrates is not an archosaur?
2. Crocodiles
3. Dinosaurs
4. Pterosaurs
5. None of these (All of the above are Archosaurs)

QUESTION 3

1. ____________ had diapsid skulls.
2. Dinosaurs
3. Mammals
4. Plesiosaurs
5. Turtles

QUESTION 4

1. Mammals made their first appearance during the _____________.
2. Cenozoic
3. Mesozoic
4. Paleozoic
5. Proterozoic

QUESTION 5

1. Belemnoids are a group of __________ that were common during the Mesozoic Era, they were ________________ swimmers.
2. cephalopods, carnivorous
3. cephalopods, herbivorous
4. gastropods, carnivorous
5. gastropods, herbivorous

QUESTION 6

1. The flying reptiles of the Mesozoic, which often fed on marine organisms such as fish, crustaceans, and cephalopods, are called ______________.
2. Icthyosaurs
3. Mososaurs
4. Plesiosaurs
5. Pterosaurs

QUESTION 7

1. The earliest bird is called __________, and was found in the Solnhofen limestones of Germany which are ___________ in age.
2. Archaeopteryx, Cretaceous
3. Archaeopteryx, Jurassic
4. Compsognathus, Cretaceous
5. Compsognathus, Jurassic

QUESTION 8

1. In an amazing example of evolutionary convergence a group of reptiles evolved a general shape similar to dolphins, these are called the _________________.
2. Icthyosaurs
3. Nothosaurs
4. Placodonts
5. Plesiosaurs

QUESTION 9

1. Sauropod dinosaurs _______ drag their tails behind them as they walked, and they _________.
2. did, lived in herds
3. did, were solitary
4. did not, lived in herds
5. did not, were solitary

QUESTION 10

1. The position of the continents during early Cretaceous time is inferred to have been as follows.
2. Pangaea had finally come together
3. Pangaea had split into the present day 7 continents
4. Pangaea had split into two continents northern Laurasia, and southern Gondwana
5. Pangaea started to rift apart with basaltic eruptions

QUESTION 11

1. The splitting of Laurasia resulted in the formation of the modern __________ margins.
2. Atlantic ocean
3. Indian ocean
4. Mediterranean
5. Pacific ocean

QUESTION 12

1. __________ batholiths of the Sierra Nevada range were emplaced during the Jurassic and early Cretaceous along the North American ________ coast.
2. Gabbro, East
3. Gabbro, West
4. Granite, East
5. Granite, West

QUESTION 13

1. Therapods are _____________ dinosaurs, that were _______ eaters.
2. ornithischia, meat
3. ornithischia, plant
4. saurischia, meat
5. saurischia, plant

QUESTION 14

1. Ammonoids _________in numbers, and ___________ in diversity during the Triassic period.
2. decreased, decreased
3. decreased, increased
4. increased, decreased
5. increased, increased

QUESTION 15

1. Which of the following is NOT a period of the Mesozoic Era?
2. Carboniferous
3. Cretaceous
4. Jurassic
5. Triassic