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Test Description: Evidence of Evolution
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1) What does a paleontologist study?
A
fossils
B
life
C
dinosaurs
D
plants
2) What kind of information have fossils provided for scientists?
A
They have helped scientists determine when organisms became extinct.
B
They have helped scientists determine when life first appeared on Earth.
C
all of the above
D
They have helped scientists determine when plants and animals first lived on land.
3) What determines whether or not an organism will become a fossil?
A
how well it is protected from scavengers, decomposers, and physical agents that break things down
B
the weather conditions at the time of death
C
its chemical makeup
D
the type of soil it is buried in
4) What is a carbon film?
A
a silhouette of the original organism made of a thin film of carbon residue
B
a cast of the original organism made of carbon residue
C
a silhouette of the original organism made of a thin film of nitrogen residue
D
a mold of the original organism made of carbon residue
5) Which fossil formation process would most likely produce an image of an ancient fern leaf on a rock?
A
cast
B
carbonization
C
mold
D
permineralization
6) What is the study of fossils?
A
entomology
B
embryology
C
microbiology
D
paleontology
7) Which structure of an ancient organism is least likely to be found as a fossil?
A
a tree trunk
B
a clam shell
C
a shark tooth
D
a dinosaur muscle
8) What type of fossil formation process created tree fossils?
A
permineralization
B
cast
C
carbonization
D
mold
9) Which is true for an original material fossil?
A
Only carbon from molecules that made up its body remains.
B
Minerals replaced hard structures
C
No hard or soft structures have been altered.
D
An imprint of the material has been filled with sediment that hardened into rock.
10) What are the cavities (holes) left in rocks when shells or bones disssolve?
A
casts
B
carbon films
C
molds
D
original material
11) Which condition makes fossil formation of an organism's remains more likely?
A
attacked by scavengers
B
covered by acidic soils
C
contains mostly hard structures
D
decomposed by bacteria
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