Bot1320 Quiz 3 (makeup for Test1) (Print your name on the back)

Multiple Choice, 1 pt each:

  1. Dinosaurs became extinct at the end of the ________ period 65 million years ago.
    1. Cretaceous (SWELL!)
    2. Jurassic (boo hoo!)
    3. Triassic (bummer!)
    4. Cambrian (snap!)
    5. Silurian (oopsie!)
      Hint
  2. The limestone bedrock in North America was formed by calcium-rich skeletons of ________ and other marine life.
    1. dinosaurs (phooey!)
    2. insects (baloney!)
    3. crinoids (SUFFERIN SUCCOTASH!)
    4. amphibians (not by the hair on my chinny chin chin!)
    5. fishes (fugetaboutit!)
      Hint
  3. Pangaea was a
    1. supercontinent. (OMG, YOU'RE RIGHT!)
    2. superocean. (good grief!)
    3. South American continental plate. (nah nah nah nah!)
    4. Pacific ocean plate. (blah blah blah!)
    5. North American glacier. (sorry!)
      Hint

Fill In (one or two words), 1 pt each:

  1. Many species interacting in the same area is called a(n)                       .
    Hint

  2. The release of water from the stomata of plants is called                           .
    Hint