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Question 1: List the beginning and end dates of the Mesozoic, and the 3 Periods in order.
Question 2: What is the name given to the cooler interval during the Triassic.
Question 3: What Jurassic rocks contain a wealth of dinosaur fossils, and in and around what sea were they deposited?
Question 4: What oceanic plate collided with the West Coast at the beginning of the Mesozoic?
Question 5: What name do we give to this orogeny?
Question 6: What orogeny started when this plate started to subduct beneath North America?
Question 7: Why do you think there is far more exposure of Cretaceous rocks across North America than other Mesozoic rocks?
Question 8: Driving from Fort Worth to Dallas, do the underlying rocks get younger or older in age?
Question 9: During what Period do we see an 'Age of Crocodiles'?
Question 10: In what Period did mammals evolve?
Question 11: What is the difference between the 2 groups of dinosaurs?
Question 12: Which of these groups is entirely herbivorous?
Question 13: Did feathers evolve for flight, and if not, for what other purpose?
Question 14: What is the name of the first bird?
Question 15: Research a dinosaur other than one named on the slides. Write 2 paragraphs on it, including such information as when it lived, where it is found and what it ate. Include a picture.