GLY1000 Module 5 quiz

GLY1000 Module 5 quiz  Question 1 The Chicxulub Impact Crater thought to have wiped out the dinosaurs is located in _____________. 1. Siberia 2. Yucatan 3. Nile River Delta 4. Florida coast  Question 2 A term that describes the reflectivity of the surface of an object is _____________. 1. refraction gradient 2. albedo 3. polarity 4. contralto  Question 3 The _____________ period is known as the "Rise of the Fishes" because of their wide diversification during that time. 1. Permian 2. Quaternary 3. Devonian 4. Silurian  Question 4 Large scale storms with long-lasting snowfall and sustained 35mph+ winds are called _____________. 1. polar vortices 2. blizzards 3. high pressure domes 4. derechos  Question 5 High humidity often accompanies heatwave conditions. 1. T 2. F  Question 6 Trilobites have existed in every other geologic period and still do today as _____________. 1. horseshoe crabs 2. nothing, they do not exist today 3. deep sea crinoids 4. bi-pedal humans  Question 7

The portion of the atmosphere that absorbs harmful UV rays from the sun is called the _____________. 1. Karman line 2. tropopause 3. ozone layer 4. Aurora Borealis  Question 8 Which of the following is not a cause of natural climate change? 1. hurricanes 2. volcanoes 3. insolation 4. plate movement  Question 9 Weather and climate are the same. 1. T 2. F  Question 10 Ozone is a 3-oxygen molecule that is good in the stratosphere but bad in the _____________. 1. thermosphere 2. exosphere 3. mesosphere 4. troposphere  Question 11 Climate change, global warming, and ozone depletion all mean that the Earth is going to burn up. 1. T 2. F  Question 12 The first true land based vertebrate animals with improved lungs and waterproof skin were the _____________. 1. reptiles 2. mammals 3. birds 4. amphibians  Question 13 Parabolic, Barchans, and Stars are all types of _____________. 1. dunes 2. desert creatures 3. wind patterns 4. wave patterns  Question 14