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One of the primary hypotheses of seafloor spreading is that new oceanic crust is constantly being created along oceanic ridges. If the seafloor is growing, why is Earth not expanding?

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old oceanic crust descends into the mantle where it is recycled

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Detailed studies and maps of the ______ was a key factor leading to the theory of Plate Tectonics?

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Sea floor

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The North American tectonic plate consists of the continent of North America plus what other part of the crust?

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Western Atlantic Ocean crust

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Today, the strongest of the principle driving forces is considered to be …..

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Slab pull

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Magnetic strips of alternating polarity on the ocean floor was critical evidence of what?

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That new oceanic crust was being created along mid ocean ridges and the seafloors were expanding

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What did the paradigm shift to plate tectnoics result in?

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Simple explanations for most geological features

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Which group of ornithischian dinosaurs is characterized by crested skulls?

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Hadrosaurines

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Which of the following is found earliest in the fossil record?

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Iguanodonts

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Which clade of ornithopods had large, highly efficient tooth batteries for grinding plants?

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Hadrosaurs

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Which type of Iguanodontid is famed for complete skeletons found in clay deposits within coal mines?

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Iguanodon

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Which dinosaur had a structure thought to be for display or fat storage and what continent is it from?

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Ouranosaurus, Africa

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The two most important functions of the hollow crests on a group of ornithopods are thought to be:

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Sound and display

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You have been hired by the BYU Earth Science Museum to lead an expedition with the sole goal of collecting several large, spectacular skulls of ceratopsids for a new exhibit. Which continent will you go to?

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North America

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Which group is characterized by a large nasal horn and short orbital horns?

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Pachyrhinosaurines

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What is the most likely reason that pachycephalosaurs are not found on southern continents?

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There was no connection with the southern continents

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Which is not one of the proposed functions of the frill in ceratopsians

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Shoulder Muscle Attachment

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The earliest of the marginocephalian dinosaurs originated where?

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Asia

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The enlarged heads of pachycepalosaurids were probably used primarily

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For butting

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Evidence that some theropods were anteaters is based on…

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structures of the skull and arms

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The pits filled with skeletons of small dinosaurs and crocs in northeastern China likely represent…

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Sauropod tracks

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There are several ways to estimate the mass of a dinosaur. The most recent innovation involves:

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Scanning a complete skeleton and creating an envelope to determine the volume.

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The colors of fossil dinosaur feathers can be determined by:

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The shape of melanosomes

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Aside from being one of the youngest hatchling dinosaurs, Scipionyx is best known for what?

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Preservation of soft tissues, including intestine, muscles, blood vessels, and more

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What feature of Anciomis provided new insight into the development of flight and the evolution of birds?

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The presence of 4 wings

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What features of Albertonykus led paleontologists to conclude it was an ant/termite eater?
The arms are short with a large claw and the snout of the skull is very narrow.
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Jurassic rocks in northwestern China recently yielded numerous, small dinosaurs preserved one on top of another in what were once three to six feet deep pits. What is thought to have been the origin of these deep holes?
Dinosaur tracks
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In July of 2013 a new dinosaur discovered in Utah was announced. This dinosaur belongs to which clade?
Ceratopsia
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Yutyrannus, found in northeastern China is the largest dinosaur known to have been covered with feathers. What is the nature of the feathers on this theropod?
Hair-like or filamentous
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What structure in the eye leads us to believe some dinosaurs were nocturnal?
Sclerotic ring
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What is the significance of finding fleas on dinosaurs?
Modern day fleas only suck the blood of warm-blooded animals. This supports the theory that dinosaurs were warm blooded.
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The great disparity of skull/tooth shape in pterosaurs, excluding the crests, is primarily a function of...
Feeding habits
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The best evidence that pterosaurs were quadrupedal is...
Tracks and trackways
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The primary diagnostic character (evolutionary novelty) of pterosaurs is/are the...
Long 4th finger
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Formal surveys conducted several decades ago showed that Utah, with most of its citizens being LDS, had ______________ number of scientists per capita than any other state in the union.
Long led the nation
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Official declarations made by the First Presidency of the LDS church
State that man is the literal offspring of God
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Astronomer Carl Sagan thought that religion
Generally took a restricted, small view of the universe
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BYU geologist Bart Kowallis
Was raised thinking the Earth was only a few thousand years old and that evolution was a great evil
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Apostle James Talmage was what type of scientist?
Geologist
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Paleontologists use the genus Apatosaurus, not Brontosaurus because of the rule or principle of _____________.
Priority
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Which of the following is an example of evolutionary convergence?
Wings of a dragonfly and wings of a bird
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The primary driving force behind evolution is
Environment
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In the online reading for Cladistics, what is the evolutionary novelty that shows whales are closely related to pigs and camels?
A double-pulley ankle bone
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In the online reading, cob and orb spiderwebs were used as an example of using phylogeny to determine
Which type of web maker was more primitive (or advanced)
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The advantages of cladistics over the Linnaean system is that
It groups organisms by evolutionary relationships, not overall similarity
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On which continents have dinosaurs been found?
All of them (even Antarctica)
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What would be the result if the scientific rule of uniformitarianism was eliminated?
Science could make no predictions Scientists would have to shut their doors and go home We would have no way to explain what happened in Earth's deep past
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Which is viewed by scientists as being the most important: descriptions or explanations?
Explanations
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What are the primary purposes of Science?
To generate useful explanations for how nature operates and make predictions
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The "Naturalism" rule
Means that supernatural explanations cannot be utilized
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Which of the following is not one of the "rules" of science?
If some observations cannot be explained, then some higher power, such as God, intervened.
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Which paleontologist discovered Tyrannosaurus and in what year was it found?`
1902 Barnum Brown
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Which of the following was NOT one of the significant discoveries made by the American Museum of Natural History Central Asiatic Expeditions?
Brachiosaurus
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About when did the idea that dinosaurs were active and closely related to birds really catch on?
1970's
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Which geologic principle tells you that the dirty shirt highest on the pile of clothes on your roommate's carpet is youngest?
Superposition
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The study of what happens to an organism from the time of death to the time it recovered is called
Taphonomy
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Which of the following is not a trace fossil? Coprolite Nest Gastrolith Bone Footprint
Bone
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The original geologic time scale was based on
Superposition and fossils (biostratigraphic correlation)
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The Jurassic Period, a time when Allosaurus, Apatosaurus, and Stegosaurus thrived, is named after
Mountains in Switzerland
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Which non-dinosaurian "thecodont" genus is thought to be most closely related to dinosaurs?
Lagosuchus
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Paraphyletic is a cladistic term that indicates that the group (clade) being discussed _______________.
Does not include all of its descendant clades
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The two openings (temporal fenestrae) on each side near the back of the skull of dinosaurs serve a function related to
Jaw muscles
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Which group of dinosaurs is characterized by a pubis that extends both forward and backward from the hip socket (acetabulum)?
Ornithischians
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Which of the following characters (evolutionary novelties) originated long before dinosaurs? Upright posture Advanced metatarsal ankle Backwards facing shoulder joint amniotic egg
Amniotic egg
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The oldest dinosaurs are know from rocks of what age?
Late Triassic
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One of the primary hypotheses of seafloor spreading is that new oceanic crust is constantly being created along oceanic ridges. If the seafloor is growing, why is Earth not expanding?
Old oceanic crusts descend into the mantle where they are recycled
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Detailed studies and maps of the ___________________ was a key factor leading to the theory of Plate Tectonics.
Sea floor
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Tectonic plates consist of either continental, oceanic, or continental + oceanic crust. The North American tectonic plate consists of the continent of North America plus what other part of the crust? Hint: Use the "tectonic plates of the world" illustration in the Wikipedia "Plate Tectonics" to find the answer.
Western Atlantic Ocean crust
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There have been many theories as to what drives the motion of plates. Be careful here, what you may have been taught in other classes may be wrong - make sure you carefully read the "Driving Forces of Plate Motion" section carefully. (I'm pulling for you here.) Today, the strongest of the principle driving forces is considered to be...
Slab pull
69
Magnetic strips of alternating polarity on the ocean floor was critical evidence
That new oceanic crust was being created along mid ocean ridges and the seafloors were expanding
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The paradigm shift to plate tectonics resulted in
Simple explanations for most geological features
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The skeleton found in the gut region of Compsognathus pertains to a
Lizard
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Using your new found knowledge, which of the following is NOT a tetanuran theropod? Compsognathus Szechuanosaurus Dilophosaurus Allosaurus Megalosaurus
Dilophosaurus
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Which theropod group is generally considered to consists entirely of herbivores?
Segnosaurs
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Which of the following is not a derived character (apomorphy) diagnostic of Theropoda? lachrymal well exposed on skull roof three functional toes on hindfoot arctometatarsal metatarsus five sacral (pelvic) vertebrae bowed femur
arctometatarsal metatarsus
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Theropod relationships have proven difficult to resolve for most genera because
Most specimens are incomplete
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A coelurosaurian clade characterized by long, slender necks and generally toothless skulls is
Ornithomimids
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Sauropods were at their peak of diversity in the
Jurassic-Cretacous transition
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Which two clades constitute the Sauropodomorpha?
Sauropoda and Prosauropoda
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What tooth shape was characteristic of early sauropodomorphs?
Spatulate with serrations
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The sauropod hiatus refers to an absence of sauropods in
North America
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Sauropodomorphs originated in the
Late Triassic
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Vertebrae with a ball on the front and a cup on the back of the centrum are referred to as
Opisthocoeleous
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The enlarged heads of pachycepalosaurids were probably used primarily
For butting
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The earliest of the marginocephalian dinosaurs originated where?
Asia
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Which is not one of the proposed functions of the frill in ceratopsians?
Shoulder muscle attachment
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What is the most likely reason that pachycephalosaurs are not found on southern continents?
There was no connection with southern continents
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Which group is characterized by a large nasal horn and short orbital horns?
Pachyrhinosaurines
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You have been hired by the BYU Earth Science Museum to lead an expedition with the sole goal of collecting several large, spectacular skulls of ceratopsids for a new exhibit. Which continent will you go to?
North America
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Which group of ornithischian dinosaurs is charcterized by crested skulls?
Lambiosaurines
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Which of the following is found earliest in the fossil record and is characterized by different types of teeth? hadrosaurinae lambeosaurinae hysilophodonts iguanodonts heterodontosaurs
Heterodontosaurs
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Which type of iguanodontid is famed for complete skeletons found in clay deposits within coal mines?
Iguanodon
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Which clade of ornithopods had large, highly efficient tooth batteries for grinding plants?
Hadrosaurs
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The two most important functions of the hollow crests on a group of ornithopods are thought be
Sound and display
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Which dinosaur (1) had a structure thought to be for display or fat storage and (2) what continent is it from?
Ouranosaurus, Africa

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