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Assume that the rock mass # 3 in the diagram below was uplifted, eroded, and exposed over an area greater than 100 square Km.  A) What would we call this exposure? B) Where is one located in California? C) Describe the tectonic condition that formed it and the typical rock type created by this process    

Click on and open the “Final Exam Fossil Photos.pdf” below  – Match each lettered image to the correct fossil. Final Exam Fossil Photos.pdf

Explain the formation of unconformities and describe the differences between nonconformities, disconformities and angular unconformities. 

A)  Study the diagram below.  Provide TWO LETTERS that mark unconformities.  Name the type of unconformity represented by each of these two letters. AND, B) Explain the formation of a nonconformity type of unconformity and why unconformities “prove” that the Earth must be incredibly old.

Study the diagram below and answer the following question. What is the correct age relationship between FAULT “H” and INTRUSION “N”?

A mineral in an igneous rock has remained a “closed system” having not gained or lost any parent or daughter elements since it crystallized.  Analysis of the mineral found 12.5% parent atoms and 87.5% daughter atoms of a specific isotope.  The age of the mineral would be:

List four of the eight emergent properties of life.

Provide a definition of the term “Niche” in your own words

Write four of the six major assumptions and conclusions regarding Natural Selection as developed by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace and as described in lecture.

Feel Free To Use Scratch Paper For This Problem… Two parents (mom has brown-eyes but the phenotype for dad is not given) have a 50% chance of having a brown-eyed child, a 37.5% change of having a green-eyed child, and a 12.5% chance of having a blue-eyed child. What are the genotypes of both parents and the possible genotypes for the brown-eyed children? Use B or b for the Bey-2 gene and G or g for the Gey-2 gene. The hint is in the percentages of the brown-eyed, green-eyed, and blue-eyed children… Genotype for Mom (Brown-eyed) is [genotype1] Genotype for Dad is [genotype2] The Brown-eyed Child can have three different genotypes: [genotype3], [genotype4], and [genotype5]