Random Quaternary Bits

Question 1

Homo erectus is thought to have got out of Africa how long ago

Answer 1

1.8 million years ago

Question 2

The last interglacial in Britain is known as

Answer 2

Ipswichian

Question 3

What animals were found in Britain during the ipswichian

Answer 3

Aurochs, bison, fallow deer, horse

Question 4

How many D-O events have been recorded from the Greenland ice core record

Answer 4

25

Question 5

Heinrich events are commonly recorded in sediment cores from which oceanic sector

Answer 5

North Atlantic

Question 6

Which cities were covered by the British Irish ice sheet in the last glacial Maximum

Answer 6

Belfast, Leeds, Douglas

Question 7

How much has the concentration of atmospheric co2 increased by since the end of the LGM

Answer 7

200 ppm

Question 8

How much has sea level risen since the end of the LGM

Answer 8

125m

Question 9

Approx how many cold and temperate cycles have been recorded over the past 2.6 mil years

Answer 9

100

Question 10

The earliest presence of humans in Britain was between

Answer 10

780,000-990,000 years ago

Question 11

Sub fossil testate amoebae are typically used to reconstruct what

Answer 11

Peatland water balance

Question 12

What is an interstadial

Answer 12

A period of higher temperatures during a glacial

Question 13

The younger dryas event lasted how long

Answer 13

1100 years

Question 14

When did people first get to Australia

Answer 14

60,000 years ago

Question 15

What is the age limit of radiocarbon dating

Answer 15

50,000 years

Question 16

What is a key forcing factor of global climate over multi decadal time scales in the Holocene

Answer 16

Sola variability

Question 17

When did agricultural techniques start to be used

Answer 17

Approx 6000 BP

Question 18

What is the start of the anthropogenic characterised by

Answer 18

Climatic warming
Rapid population growth
Dawn of agriculture

Question 19

Milankovitch theory suggests that the next glaciation will not occur for another

Answer 19

50,000 years

Question 20

Loses deposits primarily consist of

Answer 20

Fine grained wind blown sediment

Question 21

The southern annular mode is predominantly influenced by which climatic variable

Answer 21

Southern westerly wind belt

Question 22

What is a stadial

Answer 22

A period of low temperatures characterised by high global ice volume

Question 23

Approximately when did the Neanderthals become extinct

Answer 23

24,000 years ago

Question 24

Mean annual temperatures in Britain in the late glacial maximum were thought to be as low as

Answer 24

-10 degrees

Question 25

When did mammals become extinct

Answer 25

4000 cal yr BP