10 Questions
What role does sulfur-based compounds play in the atmosphere cooling mechanism mentioned in the text?
Causing a cooling effect
Which geological period saw all extinctions coinciding with Large Igneous Provinces (LIP)?
Phanerozoic
Who is credited with discovering the large-scale sedimentary structures of North America?
Larry Slosssss
During which geological period was North America predominantly underwater according to the text?
Ordovician
What was the supercontinent that existed at the beginning of the Mesozoic era?
Pangea
Which continent is a merger between Laurentia and Gondwana according to the text?
Pangea
What is NOT a part of the Wilson Cycle mentioned in the text?
Cenozoic
What does the Sepkoski curve represent?
Life expectancy of species
What geological events are associated with all extinctions in the past 300 million years?
Formation of LIPs
What was significant about sea levels during the late Cretaceous period according to the text?
Sea levels were relatively high
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