Why do the eras of the Phanerozoic eon all end with zoic?
A) They are based on rock called zoisites.
B) These names refer to life or living things; they invoke the changes in fossil organisms from one era to the next.
C) Zoic means time in Latin.
D) These eras were all first described near the London Zoo, so the names pay tribute to that location.
Question 2
Which of the following geologic observations would bear directly on working out the sequence of geologic events in an area?
A) mineral analysis of schist
B) grain size comparison between sandstone and shale
C) an unconformity between a granite and a sandstone
D) the feldspar and quartz contents of a granite
An example of layers, or strata, of sedimentary rock that contain fossils
A revised animal phylogeny based on molecular data of SSU rRNA
Animals of Hindustan monkeys called bandar that can be taught to do tricks
Herniated disk. A herniated disk is a protrusion of the disk’s gelatinous center, called the nucleus
The gaping hole in the destroyer USS Cole, in the port of Aden, Yemen, was the work of suicide bombe
The upper intake manifold, often called a plenum, attaches to the lower intake manifold.