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Question 1: List the Periods of the Cenozoic from oldest to youngest.

Question 2: What Eon do we live in today?

Question 3: What North American orogeny continues in the Cenozoic?

Question 4: What is the biggest Cenozoic orogeny globally, and what caused it?

Question 5: Specifically, what structures result in the hills and valleys of the Basin and Range Province?

Question 6: The Farallon subduction has resulted in the highest and the lowest elevations in the contiguous US. Where are these, what are their elevations and how far apart are they?

Question 7: The age of the Grand Canyon is debated. Research the most likely age, in million years.

Question 8: What major geologic structure marks the eastern-most edge of the Farallon deformation?

Question 9: What type of plate boundary divides the North American Plate from the Pacific Plate?

Question 10: Where does Farallon subduction still occur in North America?

Question 11: In 1980 there was dramatic evidence of this subduction. What happened?

Question 12: How long ago did the Ice Age start?

Question 13: The Columbia River basalts occurred with the first eruption of what?

Question 14: Write a paragraph on an extinct Cenozoic mammal. Include such details as where it lived, what type of mammal it is and when it died out. Include a picture.

Question 15: What are the most primitive types of mammals?  Are any still alive today?

Question 16: Where do the majority of marsupials hang out today?

Question 17: What distinguishes a hominin from other primates?

Question 18: What 2 genera dominate the complex human family tree?

Question 19: What other species did modern humans, Homo sapiens, co-exist with for a while?

Question 20: Write at least 1 paragraph on a hominin species (other than H. sapiens or Neanderthals) of your choice.