Introduction To The Quaternary

Question 1

How long is the future predicted lifespan of complex life on earth

Answer 1

1 billion years

Question 2

How long ago did the quaternary begin

Answer 2

2.6 million years

Question 3

One complete precision cycle takes how long

Answer 3

21,000 years

Question 4

Sub fossil chironomids are commonly used to reconstruct what parameter

Answer 4

Mean summer temperature

Question 5

What interglacial are we currently in

Answer 5

Holocene

Question 6

What are erratics

Answer 6

Rock that differs in size and type from those in the area, often very large

Question 7

What is till

Answer 7

Unsorted sediment, varieties of rocks and sizes

Question 8

Catastrophism is based on the ideas of the..

Answer 8

Bible

Question 9

Charles Lyell

Answer 9

The present is the key to the past

Question 10

David Hume

Answer 10

The future will resemble the past

Question 11

James Hutton

Answer 11

The past is the key to the future

Question 12

Agassiz came up with what idea about the earths cycles

Answer 12

There were cyclical cycles in the earths history