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Test Description: A review of fossils and the geologic time scale
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) A petrified fossil forms when
A
gases from the organism and leave carbon behind.
B
an organism becomes trapped in amber.
C
minerals replace all or part of an organism.
D
an organism is frozen.
2) On the geologic time scale, eras are divided into
A
ages
B
relative dates
C
periods
D
indexes
3) Most fossils form when organisms die and are buried in
A
unconformities.
B
sediment.
C
faults.
D
ice.
4) The gradual change in living things over a long period of time is
A
extinction.
B
mold.
C
evolution.
D
cast.
5) The longest part of the geologic time scale is
A
the cenozoic era.
B
the paleozoic era.
C
precambrian time.
D
the mesoszoic era.
6) The earliest life forms on Earth lived
A
in water.
B
in the air.
C
on land.
D
in rocks.
7) The age of a rock given as the number of years since the rock formed is its
A
evolution.
B
relative age.
C
unconformity.
D
absolute age.
8) A footprint is a type of a ____ fossil
A
trace
B
petrified
C
cast
D
mold
9) Why would a jellyfish have very little chance of becoming fossilized?
A
It has no hard parts.
B
It lives in the sea.
C
It is too small.
D
It would go extinct.
10) The fossil of an organism that covered a wide area but lived for just a short period of time is
A
a preserved fossil.
B
a petrified fossil.
C
an index fossil.
D
a trace fossil.
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