Statistics for EOSC - Mass Extinctions

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  • This quiz has been taken 11 times
  • The average score is 32 of 86

Answer Stats

HintAnswer% Correct
Extinction 2Late Devonian
100%
Extinction 1Late Ordovician
100%
When360 ma
60%
How Much50%
60%
How Much60-70%
60%
How Much70-80%
60%
Extinction 3End Permian
60%
Extinction 4End Triassic
60%
Whyice age
60%
Whyno oxygen
60%
so there was ...no oxygen
60%
AKAthe great dying
60%
When201 ma
40%
When251 ma
40%
for ...2 ma
40%
When450 ma
40%
60% of plants
40%
When66 ma
40%
How Much75%
40%
specifically80-90% marine
40%
How Much90-96%
40%
called the ...alverez hypothesis
40%
ammonites
40%
Whyasteroid impact
40%
CAMP
40%
this would be located in the ...chicxulub impact crater
40%
and so ...clathrates melted
40%
which released ...co2 and so2
40%
coal
40%
Index Fossilconodonts
40%
so...dinosaurs
40%
Afterdinosaurs take over
40%
so it was ...dry
40%
ecological space
40%
Extinction 5End Cretaceous
40%
fern spores
40%
which indicated there were ...forest fires
40%
gas
40%
and released ...ghgs
40%
hibernating
40%
what helped species survive?hiding
40%
maybe there was a ...impact
40%
maybe there were ...impacts
40%
called an ...impact winter
40%
this is supported by the ...iridium anomaly
40%
AKAK/Pg extinction event
40%
lethal blasts
40%
which species could do that?mammals
40%
ocean stagnation
40%
and set fire to ...oil
40%
Whoover half of animals
40%
pangaea
40%
which...release methane
40%
shattered glass
40%
shocked quartz
40%
siberian traps erupt
40%
there were also ...soot
40%
suevite
40%
and so ...temperatures increased
40%
Aftertriassic coal gap
40%
tsunami deposits
40%
Whyunclear
40%
this would have caused ...vaporization
40%
would have resulted in ...1% surface light
20%
plant diversity recovered by:230 ma
20%
broken ear drums
20%
what else happened?deccan traps erupted
20%
which ...devastated primary producers
20%
dust
20%
yucatan peninsula had ...evaporites
20%
fire
20%
food chain collapses
20%
1freezing temperatures
20%
like ...gypsum
20%
half of plants
20%
because ...limestones were vaporized
20%
no photosynthesis
20%
like ...phytoplankton
20%
Whysea level fall
20%
and then lead to ...sulphuric acid rain
20%
tektite rain
20%
which had ...tektites
20%
after 1 ...temperatures rose
20%
disrupted rainfall
0%
which lead to ...so2 in the atmosphere
0%
what doubled?volcanic activity
0%

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