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What is the age of the Earth?
4.5 - 4.6 billion years
What is the duration
of the Permian
period?
48 million years
How old are the oldest
known rocks?
About 4.2 billion
years old.
When did the devonian
period begin?
416 million years ago.
How long did the
precambrian eon last?
About 4 billion years.
During which period did the
earliest insects appear?
Silurian
When did the dinosaurs
become extinct?
About 65
million years
ago.
Why didn’t trilobites eat
flowering plants?
Because trilobites became
extinct before flowering
plants evolved.
DAILY
DOUBLE
Why won’t you find fossils of
the first mammal-like reptiles
in NYS?
Because there is no Permian
rock in NYS.
During which epoch did
amphibians become abundant?
Late Mississippian
What caused the Alleghanian
orogeny?
The collision of North
America and Africa
During what period was the
Adirondack region of New York
State uplifted?
Cretaceous
During which era did North
America completely separate
from Africa
Mesozoic
When did the first evidence of
biological carbon appear?
About 3.7 billion years ago
During which epoch did the
last period of glaciation occur?
Pleistocene
About how old (in years) is the
bedrock found at Oswego, NY?
Between 488 and 444
million years old
What are 2 characteristics of an
index fossil?
Wide distribution and on
earth for a brief time.
What does the presence of an
unconformity always mean?
Part of the geologic rock
record is missing.
Diring which period of Earth
history did the first coral reefs
form?
Ordovician
To which city in NYS would
you go to find fossils if the
earliest insects?
Syracuse or Niagara Falls
Which term describes a
landscape with high elevation
and horizontal bedrock
structure?
Plateau
Which kind of landscape is
characterized by high
elevations, steep slopes and
tilted bedrock?
Mountains
The Catskills are part of which
landscape region?
The Allegheny Plateau
What name is given to a
landscape region with low
elevation and horizontal
bedrock structure?
Lowlands or Plains
What is the range of age of the
bedrock of the Erie Ontario
Lowlands?
488 to 416 million years
old
FINAL
JEOPARDY
Official Stuff
?
What is the name of the official
NYS fossil ?
The Eurypterus