| 1) | What plate tectonic event in the early Mesozoic helped increase diversity in the oceans? |
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| 2) | What plate tectonic event affected life on land in the northern hemisphere throughout the Mesozoic? |
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| 3) | Which animal group dominated the Mesozoic marine biosphere? |
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| 4) | List the animal groups that make up the modern fauna. |
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| 5) | List three important Mesozoic marine reptile groups. |
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| 6) | During the Triassic, therapsids (mammal-like reptiles) were replaced by which diapsid group |
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| 7) | How did therapsids evolve in the face of competition from diapsid reptiles? |
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| 8) | Thecodonts consisted of what three diapsid groups? |
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| 9) | In the Jurassic, dinosaurs radiated to form which three groups? |
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| 10) | Match the following dinosaur species with its group. |
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A. Allosaurus
B. Triceratops
C. Apatosaurus
D. Archaeopteryx
E. Iguanodon
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1. sauropod
2. theropod
3. ornithiscian
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| 11) | Match the following dinosaur species with its lifestyle. |
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A. Tyrannosaurus
B. Triceratops
C. Apatosaurus
D. Pachycephalosaurus
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1. biped herbivore
2. quadruped herbivore
3. biped carnivore
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| 12) | What evidence do we have for parental care by hadrosaurs? |
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| 13) | When did birds evolve? |
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| 14) | When did mammals evolve? |
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| 15) | What was the major change in plant faunas during the Mesozoic? |
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| 16) | What two advancements do flowering plants have over gymnosperms? |
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| 17) | Why did plants developed partnerships with small animals and not dinosaurs? |
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| 18) | What is co-evolution? |
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| 19) | List the groups of organisms that were hit hard by the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinctions. |
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| 20) | List three lines of evidence for an asteroid impact at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary. |
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