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Etymology Of Period Names
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Answer 44 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Cold-making - In this period all the Earth froze over
Statherian - 1800 Ma - Gk. statheros
Silurian - 444 Ma - Ctc. Silures
Cryogenian - 850 Ma - Gk. cryogenicos
Paleogene - 65 Ma - Gk. palaiogenos
2. Place in Australia where the Ediacaran biota fossils were found
Jurassic - 200 Ma - Jura Mountains
Ediacaran - 635 Ma - Ediacara Hills
Quaternary - 2.6 Ma - Lt. quaternarius
Statherian - 1800 Ma - Gk. statheros
3. Stretch - Platform covers expanded
Ectasian - 1400 Ma - Gk. ectasis
Quaternary - 2.6 Ma - Lt. quaternarius
Triassic - 250 Ma - Lt. trias
Statherian - 1800 Ma - Gk. statheros
4. Narrow - Much orogeny - which survives as narrow metamorphic belts
Stenian - 1200 Ma - Gk. stenos
Rhyacian - 2300 Ma - Gk. rhyax
Cambrian - 542 Ma - Latin Cambria
Ectasian - 1400 Ma - Gk. ectasis
5. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded
Tonian - 1000 Ma - Gk. tonos
Silurian - 444 Ma - Ctc. Silures
Carboniferous - 359 Ma - Lt. carbo
Calymmian - 1600 Ma - Gk. calymma
6. County in England in which rocks from this period were first identified
Devonian - 416 Ma - Devon
Carboniferous - 359 Ma - Lt. carbo
Orosirian - 2050 Ma - Gk. oroseira
Cryogenian - 850 Ma - Gk. cryogenicos
7. Tribe in north Wales - where the rocks were first identified
Calymmian - 1600 Ma - Gk. calymma
Ordovician - 488 Ma - Celtic Ordovices
Quaternary - 2.6 Ma - Lt. quaternarius
Statherian - 1800 Ma - Gk. statheros
8. Stretch - Platform covers expanded
Jurassic - 200 Ma - Jura Mountains
Statherian - 1800 Ma - Gk. statheros
Ectasian - 1400 Ma - Gk. ectasis
Ediacaran - 635 Ma - Ediacara Hills
9. Mountain range in the Alps in which rocks from this period were first identified
Jurassic - 200 Ma - Jura Mountains
Calymmian - 1600 Ma - Gk. calymma
Cryogenian - 850 Ma - Gk. cryogenicos
Rhyacian - 2300 Ma - Gk. rhyax
10. Nnew born'
Carboniferous - 359 Ma - Lt. carbo
Paleogene - 65 Ma - Gk. palaiogenos
Neogene - 23 Ma - Gk. neogenos
Orosirian - 2050 Ma - Gk. oroseira
11. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded
Cretaceous - 146 Ma - Lt. creta
Ectasian - 1400 Ma - Gk. ectasis
Calymmian - 1600 Ma - Gk. calymma
Paleogene - 65 Ma - Gk. palaiogenos
12. 'Ancient born'
Devonian - 416 Ma - Devon
Stenian - 1200 Ma - Gk. stenos
Calymmian - 1600 Ma - Gk. calymma
Paleogene - 65 Ma - Gk. palaiogenos
13. Tribe in north Wales - where the rocks were first identified
Ordovician - 488 Ma - Celtic Ordovices
Devonian - 416 Ma - Devon
Neogene - 23 Ma - Gk. neogenos
Carboniferous - 359 Ma - Lt. carbo
14. Tribe in south Wales - where the rocks were first identified
Carboniferous - 359 Ma - Lt. carbo
Triassic - 250 Ma - Lt. trias
Silurian - 444 Ma - Ctc. Silures
Orosirian - 2050 Ma - Gk. oroseira
15. Mountain range - Much orogeny in this period's latter half
Triassic - 250 Ma - Lt. trias
Orosirian - 2050 Ma - Gk. oroseira
Ediacaran - 635 Ma - Ediacara Hills
Ectasian - 1400 Ma - Gk. ectasis
16. Ref. the banded iron formations
Paleogene - 65 Ma - Gk. palaiogenos
Siderian - 2500 Ma - Greek sideros
Ectasian - 1400 Ma - Gk. ectasis
Quaternary - 2.6 Ma - Lt. quaternarius
17. 'Fourth' - This was initially deemed the 'fourth' period after the now-obsolete 'primary' - 'secondary' and 'tertiary' periods.
Carboniferous - 359 Ma - Lt. carbo
Quaternary - 2.6 Ma - Lt. quaternarius
Cambrian - 542 Ma - Latin Cambria
Cryogenian - 850 Ma - Gk. cryogenicos
18. 'Ancient born'
Stenian - 1200 Ma - Gk. stenos
Neogene - 23 Ma - Gk. neogenos
Statherian - 1800 Ma - Gk. statheros
Paleogene - 65 Ma - Gk. palaiogenos
19. Wales - Ref. to the place in Great Britain where Cambrian rocks are best exposed
Siderian - 2500 Ma - Greek sideros
Tonian - 1000 Ma - Gk. tonos
Ediacaran - 635 Ma - Ediacara Hills
Cambrian - 542 Ma - Latin Cambria
20. Region in Russia where rocks from this period were first identified
Ectasian - 1400 Ma - Gk. ectasis
Rhyacian - 2300 Ma - Gk. rhyax
Carboniferous - 359 Ma - Lt. carbo
Permian - 299 Ma - Perm Krai
21. Steady - Continents became stable cratons
Neogene - 23 Ma - Gk. neogenos
Neogene - 23 Ma - Gk. neogenos
Siderian - 2500 Ma - Greek sideros
Statherian - 1800 Ma - Gk. statheros
22. Coal - Global coal beds were laid in this period
Carboniferous - 359 Ma - Lt. carbo
Siderian - 2500 Ma - Greek sideros
Ectasian - 1400 Ma - Gk. ectasis
Ectasian - 1400 Ma - Gk. ectasis
23. Wales - Ref. to the place in Great Britain where Cambrian rocks are best exposed
Cambrian - 542 Ma - Latin Cambria
Carboniferous - 359 Ma - Lt. carbo
Quaternary - 2.6 Ma - Lt. quaternarius
Ectasian - 1400 Ma - Gk. ectasis
24. Triad - In Germany this period forms three distinct layers
Triassic - 250 Ma - Lt. trias
Ediacaran - 635 Ma - Ediacara Hills
Cretaceous - 146 Ma - Lt. creta
Rhyacian - 2300 Ma - Gk. rhyax
25. 'Fourth' - This was initially deemed the 'fourth' period after the now-obsolete 'primary' - 'secondary' and 'tertiary' periods.
Tonian - 1000 Ma - Gk. tonos
Stenian - 1200 Ma - Gk. stenos
Quaternary - 2.6 Ma - Lt. quaternarius
Rhyacian - 2300 Ma - Gk. rhyax
26. Cold-making - In this period all the Earth froze over
Carboniferous - 359 Ma - Lt. carbo
Quaternary - 2.6 Ma - Lt. quaternarius
Cryogenian - 850 Ma - Gk. cryogenicos
Cambrian - 542 Ma - Latin Cambria
27. Coal - Global coal beds were laid in this period
Carboniferous - 359 Ma - Lt. carbo
Devonian - 416 Ma - Devon
Orosirian - 2050 Ma - Gk. oroseira
Neogene - 23 Ma - Gk. neogenos
28. Nnew born'
Neogene - 23 Ma - Gk. neogenos
Silurian - 444 Ma - Ctc. Silures
Carboniferous - 359 Ma - Lt. carbo
Stenian - 1200 Ma - Gk. stenos
29. Steady - Continents became stable cratons
Ectasian - 1400 Ma - Gk. ectasis
Ediacaran - 635 Ma - Ediacara Hills
Statherian - 1800 Ma - Gk. statheros
Orosirian - 2050 Ma - Gk. oroseira
30. Much lava flowed
Rhyacian - 2300 Ma - Gk. rhyax
Ediacaran - 635 Ma - Ediacara Hills
Cambrian - 542 Ma - Latin Cambria
Ectasian - 1400 Ma - Gk. ectasis
31. County in England in which rocks from this period were first identified
Neogene - 23 Ma - Gk. neogenos
Quaternary - 2.6 Ma - Lt. quaternarius
Siderian - 2500 Ma - Greek sideros
Devonian - 416 Ma - Devon
32. Region in Russia where rocks from this period were first identified
Cretaceous - 146 Ma - Lt. creta
Permian - 299 Ma - Perm Krai
Ordovician - 488 Ma - Celtic Ordovices
Orosirian - 2050 Ma - Gk. oroseira
33. Mountain range in the Alps in which rocks from this period were first identified
Tonian - 1000 Ma - Gk. tonos
Neogene - 23 Ma - Gk. neogenos
Jurassic - 200 Ma - Jura Mountains
Cambrian - 542 Ma - Latin Cambria
34. Place in Australia where the Ediacaran biota fossils were found
Statherian - 1800 Ma - Gk. statheros
Orosirian - 2050 Ma - Gk. oroseira
Ediacaran - 635 Ma - Ediacara Hills
Cretaceous - 146 Ma - Lt. creta
35. Mountain range - Much orogeny in this period's latter half
Devonian - 416 Ma - Devon
Cambrian - 542 Ma - Latin Cambria
Stenian - 1200 Ma - Gk. stenos
Orosirian - 2050 Ma - Gk. oroseira
36. Much lava flowed
Stenian - 1200 Ma - Gk. stenos
Rhyacian - 2300 Ma - Gk. rhyax
Quaternary - 2.6 Ma - Lt. quaternarius
Cryogenian - 850 Ma - Gk. cryogenicos
37. Stretch - The continental crust stretched as Rodinia broke up
Permian - 299 Ma - Perm Krai
Silurian - 444 Ma - Ctc. Silures
Tonian - 1000 Ma - Gk. tonos
Ordovician - 488 Ma - Celtic Ordovices
38. More chalk formed in this period than any other
Quaternary - 2.6 Ma - Lt. quaternarius
Calymmian - 1600 Ma - Gk. calymma
Cretaceous - 146 Ma - Lt. creta
Neogene - 23 Ma - Gk. neogenos
39. Tribe in south Wales - where the rocks were first identified
Siderian - 2500 Ma - Greek sideros
Cretaceous - 146 Ma - Lt. creta
Silurian - 444 Ma - Ctc. Silures
Rhyacian - 2300 Ma - Gk. rhyax
40. Triad - In Germany this period forms three distinct layers
Devonian - 416 Ma - Devon
Tonian - 1000 Ma - Gk. tonos
Carboniferous - 359 Ma - Lt. carbo
Triassic - 250 Ma - Lt. trias
41. Ref. the banded iron formations
Devonian - 416 Ma - Devon
Devonian - 416 Ma - Devon
Siderian - 2500 Ma - Greek sideros
Jurassic - 200 Ma - Jura Mountains
42. Stretch - The continental crust stretched as Rodinia broke up
Tonian - 1000 Ma - Gk. tonos
Jurassic - 200 Ma - Jura Mountains
Cryogenian - 850 Ma - Gk. cryogenicos
Rhyacian - 2300 Ma - Gk. rhyax
43. More chalk formed in this period than any other
Carboniferous - 359 Ma - Lt. carbo
Cretaceous - 146 Ma - Lt. creta
Neogene - 23 Ma - Gk. neogenos
Stenian - 1200 Ma - Gk. stenos
44. Narrow - Much orogeny - which survives as narrow metamorphic belts
Stenian - 1200 Ma - Gk. stenos
Triassic - 250 Ma - Lt. trias
Devonian - 416 Ma - Devon
Cambrian - 542 Ma - Latin Cambria