Question

Fossils found on Hațeg Island, which was located in this body of water, helped Ferenc Nopcsa posit the theory of insular dwarfism, where island-bound organisms evolve to be smaller and smaller. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this ocean that existed during the Mezozoic Era between the continents of Gondwana and Laurasia.
ANSWER: Tethys Ocean [accept Tethys Sea or Neo-Tethys]
[10e] The Tethys Ocean formed when this supercontinent began to break up 200 million years ago. Its name is Greek for “all Earth.”
ANSWER: Pangaea
[10m] Siberia joined with Pangaea at the boundary between this period and the Triassic. This final period of the Paleozoic Era ended with the Earth’s largest mass extinction and the eruption of the Siberian Traps.
ANSWER: Permian
<Other Science>

Back to bonuses

Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY618.33100%67%17%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY811.25100%13%0%
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY412.50100%25%0%
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1214.1792%25%25%
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY518.00100%80%0%
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY524.00100%100%40%
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY718.57100%57%29%
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY915.56100%44%11%

Data

UCLA CClaremont A10101030
UCLA AUCLA D0101020
Claremont CUCLA B10101030
UCSDClaremont B0101020
USCUCLA E0101020