Day 1 (11/5)

Question 1

When sun

Answer 1

4.7 bya

Question 2

When earth

Answer 2

4.6 bya

Question 3

When life

Answer 3

3.5

Question 4

When Cambrian Explosion

Answer 4

550 mya

Question 5

What was important about the Cambrian Explosion

Answer 5

major diversification of animal life

Question 6

What kind of fossils found in Cambrian Explosion

Answer 6

teeth and shells etc… things that fossilize well

Question 7

When Paleozoic

Answer 7

542-251 mya

Question 8

What were the first vertebrates and when

Answer 8

Fish, 485 mya

Question 9

When vertebrates on land

Answer 9

375 mya

Question 10

When limbs and lungs developed

Answer 10

350 mya

Question 11

What is the Mesozoic known for

Answer 11

Age of the dinosaurs

Question 12

when Mesozoic

Answer 12

250-66 mya

Question 13

When were the earliest mammals

Answer 13

230 mya

Question 14

In what era did the earliest mammals appear

Answer 14

Mesozoic (dinosaurs era)

Question 15

What is another name for the Cenozoic era

Answer 15

Age of Mammals

Question 16

When first primates

Answer 16

55 mya

Question 17

When first apes

Answer 17

25 mya

Question 18

When first hominins

Answer 18

6 mya

Question 19

What do hox genes do

Answer 19

determine the basic body plan

Question 20

how old are hox genes

Answer 20

about 500 myo

Question 21

true or false: we see the same hox genes in all vertebrates

Answer 21

true, which is why we see so much homology across vertebrates

Question 22

True or false: the vertebrate body plan is not incredibly conserved

Answer 22

false. due to having the same hox genes, the vertebrate body plan IS incredibly conserved

Question 23

true or false: the heads of all vertebrates are built from the same parts

Answer 23

true

Question 24

what did lungs start as

Answer 24

air bladders in fish

Question 25

What bodily system do human lungs develop within

Answer 25

digestive system. this is why we breathe where we eat

Question 26

True or false: hox genes do not determine basic limb plan

Answer 26

false. Hox genes DO determine basic limb plan

Question 27

name four characteristics of mammals

Answer 27

hair, warm-blooded, nurse their young, live birth

Question 28

where are the best fossil sites found

Answer 28

water banks (because coverage with sediment)

Question 29

What is the Olduvi gorge

Answer 29

an area where the earth is ripping apart at the surface, and we can look inside the "tear" and find a lot of fossils

Question 30

What is the name of the fossil site that has fluctuating lake levels

Answer 30

Dmanisi, Georgia

Question 31

In radiometric dating, what does Potassium 40 go to and how long does decay take

Answer 31

Potassium 40 --> argon 40, millions of years

Question 32

In radiometric dating, what does carbon 14 go to and how long does decay take

Answer 32

Carbon 14 --> Nitrogen 14, 50k years

Question 33

In what epoch in earth's history did the earth reach a thermal maximum

Answer 33

Eocene

Question 34

how long until the sun would engulf the earth

Answer 34

5 million years

Question 35

Name the 7 epochs within the cenozoic era

Answer 35

Paleocene (65.5-55.8 mya) Eocene (55.8-33.8 mya) Oligocene (33.9-23 mya) Miocene (23-5.3 mya) Pliocene (5.3-2.4 mya) Pleistocene (2.4-12 kya) Holocene (12 kya - now)

Question 36

Paleocene time range

Answer 36

65.5 - 55.8 mya

Question 37

Eocene time range

Answer 37

55.8 - 33.9 mya

Question 38

Oligocene time range

Answer 38

33.9 - 23 mya

Question 39

Miocene time range

Answer 39

23-5.3 mya

Question 40

Pliocene time range

Answer 40

5.3-2.4 mya

Question 41

Pleistocene

Answer 41

2.4 mya - 12 kya

Question 42

Holocene time range

Answer 42

12 kya - now

Question 43

Paleocene early primate-like mammal

Answer 43

Plesiadapiforms

Question 44

Describe Plesiadapiforms

Answer 44

no post-orbital bar or closure, claws instead of nails, diastema (gap between teeth)

Question 45

What were the two earliest primates and what epoch were they in

Answer 45

Adapids and Omomyids, Eocene

Question 46

Describe Adapids and Omomyids

Answer 46

post orbital bars, first found in N. America, stereoscopic vision (forward-facing), nails instead of claws

Question 47

in what epoch were the first non debateable anthropoids

Answer 47

Oligocene

Question 48

What is an anthropoid

Answer 48

apes and monkeys

Question 49

What is the monkey found in the Oligocene

Answer 49

Aegytopithecus

Question 50

How does the Carpolestes simpsoni fossil challenge nocturnal visual predation model

Answer 50

it had grasping hands and feet but no stereoscopic vision

Question 51

Name the two specific anthropoids from class and features of both

Answer 51

Eosimias sinensis (tarsals and 2133), Darwinius masillae (no grooming claw)