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Test Description: Evolution
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) A layer of marine fossils are discovered in a desert environment. Which hypothesis best explains the discovery?
A
volcanic activity once occurred in the area
B
the area was once covered in water
C
erosion turned most of the limestone in the area into sand
D
a catastrophic event once occurred in the area
2) Fossils of warm-weather plants were found on an island in the arctic ocean. What can best be concluded from this discovery?
A
seeds of plants have been carried to the island by migratory birds
B
ocean currents carried the plants to the island
C
the island drifted from a tropical region to is present location
D
spores of plants drifted by air currents to the island
3) Which statement supports the theory of evolution?
A
matter cannot be created or destroyed during chemical reactions
B
all plants and animals have DNA
C
all living cells come from previous cells
D
fossils provide evidence that vertebrates share a common ancestor
4) A scientist has a hypothesis that a large volcanic eruption caused a change in global temperature. Which information gained from ice cores is most useful in supporting the scientist's hypothesis?
A
levels of dissolved oxygen
B
estimates of natural radioactivity
C
identities of trace metals
D
amounts of atmospheric dust
5) Which type of fossil do you have when minerals have replaced all or part of the organism and changed it to stone?
A
Carbon Film
B
Petrified Fossil
C
Trace Fossil
D
Perserved Remains
6) Which type of fossil do you have when you have a fossilized foot print of an organism?
A
Carbon Film
B
Trace Fossil
C
Perserved Remains
D
Petrified Fossil
7) Which type of fossil do you have when you have an organism that has been incased in amber?
A
Petrified Fossil
B
Perserved Remains
C
Trace Fossil
D
Carbon Film
8) Which type of fossil do you have when you have an extremely thin layer of carbon on a rock preserving the delicate parts of an organism?
A
Petrified Fossil
B
Carbon Film
C
Trace Fossil
D
Perserved Remains
9) What does the law of superposition state?
A
Rock layers ages are related to the position of the situation at which they are placed in.
B
Older rock layers are at the top and younger rock layers are at the bottom.
C
Energy cannot be create or destroyed it can only be changed.
D
Older rock layers are at the bottom and younger rock layers are at the top.
10) If I say that a basketball team consists of players that are in middle school and might be between the ages of 13-14 years old, which of the following am I using?
A
absolute age
B
carbon dating
C
relative age
D
law of superposition
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