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Cards In This Set
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The breakup of Pangaea began in the Mesozoic era
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During the Triassic era
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The breakup of Pangaea resulted in
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A worldwide rise in sea level
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The first reptiles occurred during the
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Carboniferous era
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Coal is composed of
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Buried plant material that has partially decayed
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The numerical dates associated with events on the geologic time scale were determined by
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Radiometric dating
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During the Carboniferous period warm climatic conditions favored the development of lush vegetation and swampy forests. Today, rocks of this age are significant because they
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Have large deposits of coal and oil
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Uplift of the Rocky Mountains was a result of
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Compressional forces
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The ultimate truth of any radiometric date depends on the
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Precision and accuracy of lab techniques
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During the Cretaceous period, the Earth experienced a worldwide rise in sea level caused by
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The thermal expansion of the crustal surface and the breakup of Pangaea
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During the Pleistocene ice age
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There were several episodes of glacial advance and retreat
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The scientific principle that assumes that the different forms of animals throughout the Earth's past occurred in a definite order is called the principle of
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Faunal succession
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Possible ways that sea level could lower include
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A decrease in the rate of seafloor spreading and a decrease in worldwide temperatures.
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