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The Buffalo Soldiers were: |
Regiments of black soldiers |
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Early settlements in the Guadalupe Mountains were near:
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Springs |
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What is the last period of geologic time in the Paleozoic Era?
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Permian |
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What is the name given to the supercontinent that was formed when all landmasses joined together? |
Pangaea |
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What do we call the large inland sea that covered much of what is now northern Mexico and the southern United States in late Paleozoic?
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Permian Basin |
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What is the name given to the middle one of the three shallow arms of the Permian Basin that covered what is now west Texas and southeastern New Mexico?
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Delaware basin |
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A submerged resistant mound or ridge formed by the accumulation of plant and animal skeletons is called:
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A reef |
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Why are Permian reefs unusual?
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They are composed mostly of sponges and algae
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What formation is Guadalupe Mountains National Park known for?
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Capitan |
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Different rock types deposited in different environments at the same time are called:
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Facies |
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A rock made entirely of shells is called:
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Coquina |
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What discovery in the Permian Basin in the 1920s led to widespread recognition of the geologic and economic importance of the area?
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Petroleum |
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Which one of the following shows the correct sequence in which minerals would precipitate out of an evaporating basin?
A) Gypsum-Anhydrite-Halite B) Halite-Gypsum-Anhydrite C) Anhydrite-Gypsum-Halite D) Gypsum-Halite-Anhydrite |
C |
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If magnesium replaces some of the calcium in calcium carbonate rocks, what is the name of the rock that results?
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Dolostone |
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What do "red beds" indicate? |
Exposure to air so that the iron minerals oxidized |
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Why do we see some portions of the Permian reef exposed in Texas?
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Faulting has uplifted these portions
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About how long ago did the Permian Capitan Reef Complex form in Texas and New Mexico?
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2 million years ago |
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What important event happened to life on Earth at the end of the Paleozoic?
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There were mass extinctions |
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What is the most striking feature of Guadalupe Mountains National Park?
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El Capitan |
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Where would you go in the park to walk through a cross-section of the reef complex?
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McKittrick Canyon |
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T/F Much of Guadalupe Mountains National Park is wilderness. |
True |
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T/F The highest peak in Texas rises from the Sonoran Desert in Guadalupe Mountains National Park. |
False (It's the Chiheahean Desert |
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T/F The Mescalero Apache inhabited the Guadalupe Mountains area as long ago as the 1500s. |
False |
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T/F There are no differences in the environments or organisms in the fore reef, reef crest, and back reef in a living reef complex. |
False |
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T/F The Capitan Reef Complex was horse-shoe shaped and about 400 miles in length.
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True |
