GEOL 5 - Historical Geology (with Lab) Exam # 3 (cumulative Final Exam) Study Guide - Spring 2007 June 7, 2007 Professor: Dr. Alessandro Grippo, Ph.D.   General Information Last Updated  •  June 5, 2007 NOTE: You will ONLY need to bring one Scantron Form 882-E a number 2 pencil an eraser This study guide must be interpreted (literally) as a guide to study and not as a listing of possible questions. It is YOUR responsability to cover the materials listed here on the lecture textbook, the lab textbook and your notes, including those you have taken during the projection of movies, if any. I would also strongly recommend that you peruse your notes for completeness of information: some concepts have been expressed with much more detail in class than are explained on the book, and you are responsible for that; know what the key terms and concepts are (see the list at the end of each chapter on your textbook); exercise with the questions for review also found at the end of each chapter. read the summary at the end of each chapter, try to answer review questions, try to work wiiith others if you find it useful never hesitate to ask me questions in class or during the lab   Study Guide: part 1 - LECTURE Last Updated  •  June 5, 2007 This final exam focuses, for its most part, on the materials covered AFTER the second midterm of May 1, 2007; there is also a short selection of very general questions that go back to the first two midterms, and that have been discussed in class BEFORE the final. As always I would suggest that, after studying, you review the summary at the end of each chapter; try to answer the review questions; try studying with other students in the class if you feel that it could help and you are comfortable with that; ask question in class so that everybody can take advantage of explanations. For these chapters on Earth History, focus mainly on the big scale: how and when our planet changed over time, from its origins to plate tectonics, to how plates evolved, moved around and interacted (within the limits we have discussed); how and when life arose and changed through evolution (for instance the first eukaryotes, the first fishes, the first terrestrial organisms, colonization of land by plants, etc.); how and when the environment changed (for instance, what happened when oxygen increased in the atmosphere?); as a rule, I will NOT ask specific organisms' names (some of the most common WILL be in the test: for instance trilobites, corals, sponges, etc.), or where was a certain plate during a certain time period - but you need to know the evolution of these plates in time, and within an era (not period) framework. Chapter 11 - The Archean Eon Know the whole chapter Chapter 12 - The Proterozoic Eon Know the whole chapter Chapter 13 - The Early Paleozoic World Know the whole chapter Chapter 14 - The Middle Paleozoic World Know the whole chapter Chapter 15 - The Late Paleozoic World Know the whole chapter Chapter 16 - The Early Mesozoic Era Know the Introduction (page 387) and the Chapter Summary (page 415) Chapter 17 - The Cretaceous World Know the Introduction (page 417) and the Chapter Summary (pages 442-443)   Study Guide: part 2 - LAB Last Updated  •  June 5, 2007 Chapter 10 - Fossils and Their Living Relatives (part 2: Sponges, Corals, Bryozoans and Brachiopods)) Review the Introduction, with special attention to the paragraphs on What is a Fossil? Preservation of Fossils but also be able to discuss the main points of "Classification and Nomenclature" Sponges: main charachteristics (structure, environments) and range Corals and related Cnidarians: main charachteristics (structure, environments) and range Bryozoa: main charachteristics (structure, environments) and range Brachiopoda: main charachteristics (structure, environments) and range Chapter 11 - Fossils and Their Living Relatives (part 3: Mollusks, Arthropods, Echinoderms, Graptolites and Plants) Mollusca: main charachteristics (structure, environments) and range Arthropoda: main charachteristics (structure, environments) and range Echinodermata: main charachteristics (structure, environments) and range Graptolites: main charachteristics (structure, environments) and range Fossil Plants: main charachteristics (structure, environments) and range Chapter 12 - Fossils Indicators of Age, Environment and Correlation Fossils and Age Determination: be able to use the information in the paragraph to answer possible questions on the style of your lab manual Biozones and Biostratigraphy Skip "A Graphic Method of Correlation" Know Fossils and Paleoenvironments Know The Habitat of Marine Life Know Invertebrate Trace Fossils Chapter 13 - A Brief Survey of the Vertebrates Know the Introduction Know what fishes, amphibians, amniotes, dinosaurs, mammals, birds, and vertebrate ichnology are The questions will not involve scientific names and the paragraph on the teeth of mammals Know the characteristics of the groups, what distinguish them one from each other, times of evolution Chapter 14 - Geologic Maps and Geologic Structures Know the Introduction Know Attitude, Strike and Dip Know Folds Know Faults No questions from the other paragraphs (stop at page 192, no questions out of pages 193-210) Chapter 15 - Canadian Shield and Basement Rocks of North America Know The Basement Rocks Know the main points of the Precambrian History of the Lake Superior Region Know the main points of the Yellowknife Gold District, Northwest Territories, Canada Chapter 16 - Mountain Belts of North America Know the Hypothesis for the Origin of Mountain Belts Know where the Mountain Chains of the Appalachians, the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ranges are Chapter 17 - The Interior Plains and Plateaus Know the Major Structural Features paragraph Go back to the home page Go back to the spring 2007 page