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Paleontology Review Game 1
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1) Which of the following can scientists NOT discover from fossil remains?
A
The age of rock layers
B
How Earth’s environment has changed over time
C
How the pull of gravity has changed
D
How organisms have changed over time
2) Why is the fossil record incomplete?
A
There is not enough amber or tar.
B
There are not enough sedimentary rocks.
C
Most organisms have too many parts to become fossils.
D
Most organisms never became fossils.
3) Geologic changes occur _______________.
A
every few months
B
after a storm
C
suddenly (quickly)
D
gradually (slowly)
4) What does the principle of uniformitarianism state?
A
The continents were once joined in a large land mass.
B
Layers of sedimentary rock contain more fossils than layers of metamorphic rock.
C
Older rocks lie at the bottom of newer rocks.
D
The forces that act to change Earth’s surface today are the same forces that acted upon Earth’s surface in the past.
5) If you found a seashell fossil in the desert, what would it MOST LIKELY tell you?
A
All of the above
B
The desert was once underwater.
C
All deserts were once underwater at one time.
D
Sea animals live in the desert.
6) Trilobites and dogs did not exist in the same geologic era. How do scientists know this?
A
Dog fossils are found only in rock layers below layers with trilobites.
B
There are no rock layers that have fossils of both trilobites and dogs remains.
C
Dogs would have killed all of the trilobites.
D
Dogs had become extinct before the trilobites.
7) What do paleontologists study?
A
water cycle
B
astronomy
C
weather
D
past life
8) Geologists could study the geologic record to determine __________.
A
both simple and complex organisms.
B
only organisms that are currently living today.
C
more complex organisms
D
simple organisms.
9) How do geologists use the geologic time scale?
A
to divide Earth’s history into manageable parts.
B
to date rock layers
C
to predict future extinctions
D
to record daily earthquake activity
10) The geologic time scale is a record of __________.
A
the life forms and geologic events in Earth’s history.
B
only the time since the evolution of the woolly mammoth.
C
how fast fossils form.
D
the thickness of rock layers.
11) What principle of geology states that layers of sediment are deposited parallel (horizontally) to Earth's surface?
A
original horizontality
B
uniformitarianism
C
normal faults
D
nonconformity
12) How old do scientists believe Earth is?
A
About 40 billion years old
B
About 4.6 billion years old
C
About 12 million years old
D
About 5.9 billion years old
13) What best describes relative age?
A
its age compared to the ages of other rocks
B
its age based on carbon-14 dating and half life
C
the number of years since the rock formed
D
more than the age of the fossils the rock contains
14) The Law of Superposition states that in sedimentary rock, the youngest layer of rock is ______________.
A
at the top
B
at the bottom
C
in the middle
D
You cannot tell.
15) Stuart wants to preserve the remains of a dead organisms. What is the best environment for fossil formation?
A
dry and freezing temperatures
B
dry and hot temperatures
C
wet and warm temperatures
D
wet and cool temperatures
16) What is an organism that no longer exists on Earth called?
A
petrified
B
evolved
C
extinct
D
fossilized
17) Which of the following events is an example of a catastrophic event that might lead to the formation of fossils?
A
flood
B
all of the above
C
volcanic eruption
D
mudslide
18) Scientists use radioactive dating to determine ____________.
A
what region it formed in.
B
age of rock in years.
C
past environments of rocks and fossils.
D
relative age of rocks.
19) Which of the following is an example of minerals being replaced in an organism to form a fossil?
A
tar pits
B
petrified wood
C
amber
D
freezing
20) A fossil is ________________.
A
any dead organism.
B
the preserved remains or traces of an organism.
C
a clone of a rock.
D
a living organism.
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