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BIO 101 Lab Quiz 8 South Carolina State Museum

BIO 101 Lab Quiz 8 South Carolina State Museum Name _____________________________________ Due Date_________________________

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BIO 101 Lab Quiz 8 South Carolina State Museum

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  1. BIO 101 Lab Quiz 8 South Carolina State Museum Name _____________________________________ Due Date_________________________ Purpose: Provide enrichment for the last two topics of the course, evolutionary biology and ecology, and to relate this information to the natural history of South Carolina. I. Geography and Topography of South Carolina - Map 1. Name the four major geographic regions of South Carolina and give a brief description of the dominant vegetation and conditions. Dominant Vegetation Region Habitat • Columbia would be located between which two of these regions? • Where would the ocean shoreline have been 100 million years ago (MYA) in SC? • Name the four major river systems of South Carolina • ______________________________________________________________ • ______________________________________________________________ • ______________________________________________________________ • ______________________________________________________________ • 5. What is a pluton and where can one be found in South Carolina? 1 of 7

  2. II. SC Trivia: • How many species of ants are in SC? _________________ • How many species of dragonflies are in SC? ______________ • How many species of snakes are in SC? _______________ • III. Continental Drive and Plate Tectonics • 1. How old is the earth? __________________ • 2. List the three major layers of the earth and give their relative thickness in miles. Layer Thickness Rock Type Process Location • 3. Define the following terms: • a. Continental drift • b. Plate tectonics • 4. Two hundred million years ago, South Carolina would have been joined with which other continent? • Fossils and Fossilization • 1. List the 3 major categories of rock and describe how they are formed. Where can they be seen in SC? 2. Define fossil 3. List three types of information that fossils can provide about the era from which they originated. ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ 2 of 7

  3. 4. List, describe and give an example of four ways that fossils can form Type of Fossil Description Example V. Geological Time 1. Why were the ocean levels higher globally during the Eocene epoch (37-55 million years ago)? 2. How did the mastodon and saber-tooth tiger migrate between continents? 3. List the four major geological eras, provide the relative time span and list the dominant animals Era Time Span Dominant Animals • 4. From the “Reading the Rocks” display, why are 60 million years missing from some parts of South Carolina’s geological record? • What does the Pee Dee Formation indicate about the past environment of SC? • 6. Define the following: • a. Unconformity • b. Index fossil 3 of 7

  4. 7. List and describe 3 animals that became extinct during the Cretaceous period (65-95 MYA). Description Extinct Animal Binomial Name • 8. Identify the extinct ancestor of the trout _________________________________________ • VI. South Carolina’s Ice Age • 1. What is the time span for the various “Ice Ages”? • 2. Compare the diets of the following extinct animals: • a. Mastodon • b. Mammoth • 3. How are the teeth of the following extinct animals adapted to their particular feeding strategy? • a. Mastodon • b. Mammoth • 4. Describe three adaptations possessed by the Glyptodont that allowed him to thrive in marshy areas. • _______________________________________________________________________________________ • _______________________________________________________________________________________ • _______________________________________________________________________________________ • 5. What are “edentates”? • 6. Name two modern relatives of the glyptodont. 4 of 7

  5. 7. What three factors are thought to have led to the extinction of the ice age mammals on display? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ 8. List and describe one trait for nine of the ice age mammals present in South Carolina. Ice Age Mammal Trait VII. South Carolina Habitats Use the following charts to compare the following South Carolina habitats with reference to: annual climate – rain fall and temperature for summer/winter sunlight soil quality - humus, sand, clay, nutrients, inorganic composition dominant animals and their adaptations acquired for success within the habitat dominant plants and their adaptations acquired for success within the habitat 5 of 7

  6. Mountain Cove Piedmont Sandhill Habitat Annual Climate Sunlight Soil Quality Dominant Animals Animal Adaptations Dominant Plants Plant Adaptations 6 of 7

  7. River Bottom Swamp Forest Coast Dune Community Coast Salt Marsh Habitat Annual Climate Sunlight Soil Quality Dominant Animals Animal Adaptations Dominant Plants Plant Adaptations 7 of 7

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