On Earth and Life

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Decks in this class (18)

1. Philosophy of Science
Who notably said that some words ...,
What were the general beliefs of ...,
According to logical positivists ...
12  cards
2. The great detective science
What is sandstone useful not usef...,
What is limestone useful for teac...,
What are siltstone mudstone and s...
18  cards
3. Early planet; early life
When did the earth form,
When was the moon formed,
What is the period of 3900ma to 3...
22  cards
4. Carbon Cycling
What is the acronym for rememberi...,
What does photosynthesis use and ...,
What does respiration take and pr...
25  cards
5. The great oxygenation event
What does the red colour in red s...,
What s the difference between fer...,
What is the significance of ferri...
16  cards
6. Snowball earth
What was is snowball earth,
When was the neoproterozoic period,
What are some examples of glaciat...
18  cards
7. Ediacaran biota
Ediacaran biota are the first exa...,
From when did cells with nuclei e...,
Approximately when did ediacaran ...
28  cards
8.Molybdenum
What is molybdenum studied as a p...,
What is black shale studied as a ...,
Molybdenum is an essential trace ...
12  cards
9. Skeletons in the Rocks
When did the cambrian explosion o...,
Across how many years did the cam...,
What were organisms like before t...
20  cards
10. Black Earth
What s significant about coal in ...,
From what era are coal bearing ro...,
Does upper mean earlier or later ...
38  cards
11. Great Dying
What percentage of marine species...,
When did the permian extinction o...,
What was diversity of terrestrial...
27  cards
12. Outliving T-rex
Which extinction killed the dinos...,
What letter is sometimes used to ...,
When was the end cretaceous mass ...
24  cards
13. Cold or Hot
What is a tetrapod,
What is the significance of the t...,
When approximately did tiktaalik ...
16  cards
17.Body Size
Name some traits of a species tha...,
What is the different between int...,
What is bergmann s rule
28  cards
14. The Geography of Evolution
What is the disparity between dar...,
How did darwin explain the sudden...,
What is a proposed alternative to...
15  cards
15. Evolutionary Hotspots
What are broadly speaking the 3 m...,
What are some examples of evoluti...,
Where are honeycreepers endemic t...
17  cards
16. Maori mystery
When did the earth s landmasses b...,
What current continents was gondw...,
What is nothofagus
22  cards
18. Our Origins
How many living species is the ho...,
When did humans leave africa acco...,
Where did humans first spread aft...
22  cards

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