Banded Iron Formations and Supercontinents Quiz
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What role does sulfur-based compounds play in the atmosphere cooling mechanism mentioned in the text?

  • Leading to the extinction of species
  • Causing a cooling effect (correct)
  • Stimulating major volcanism
  • Contributing to global warming
  • Which geological period saw all extinctions coinciding with Large Igneous Provinces (LIP)?

  • Phanerozoic (correct)
  • Mesozoic
  • Jurassic
  • Cretaceous
  • Who is credited with discovering the large-scale sedimentary structures of North America?

  • Larry Slosssss (correct)
  • Mark Thompson
  • Jennifer Smith
  • Robert Johnson
  • During which geological period was North America predominantly underwater according to the text?

    <p>Ordovician</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the supercontinent that existed at the beginning of the Mesozoic era?

    <p>Pangea</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which continent is a merger between Laurentia and Gondwana according to the text?

    <p>Pangea</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is NOT a part of the Wilson Cycle mentioned in the text?

    <p>Cenozoic</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the Sepkoski curve represent?

    <p>Life expectancy of species</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What geological events are associated with all extinctions in the past 300 million years?

    <p>Formation of LIPs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was significant about sea levels during the late Cretaceous period according to the text?

    <p>Sea levels were relatively high</p> Signup and view all the answers

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