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Paleontology Review Game 2
Test Description: Read each question and answer choice carefully.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) How do MOST fossils form?
A
Living things die and their remains are quickly buried by sediments.
B
The organisms freezes preserving its remains.
C
The hard parts of an organism dry out from the Sun.
D
The soft parts of an organism change to rock.
2) Most fossils form when the hard parts of an organism are buried quickly and form in a ______________ rock.
A
metamorphic
B
igneous
C
sedimentary
D
extrusive
3) What era do we presently live in?
A
Paleozoic
B
Mesozoic
C
Precambrian
D
Cenozoic
4) Footprints and trails are examples of _______ fossils.
A
molds and casts
B
index
C
carbon film
D
trace
5) Why aren’t any fossils found in igneous rock?
A
The fossils would be crushed by the intense pressure of the layers above them.
B
The fossil would be broken down by the wind and rain.
C
The fossils would be broken when animals stepped on them.
D
The fossils would be melted in the hot molten material.
6) If you found a piece of coal (which needs mild, swampy environments to form) in Antarctica, what could you assume?
A
Antarctica's climate was once colder than it is now.
B
Antarctica's climate has always been the same.
C
Antarctica's climate was once warmer than it is now.
D
Antarctica's climate is warming up.
7) Which type of dating are you using if you were to say that one rock layer is older than another rock layer?
A
absolute age
B
all of the above
C
radioactive age
D
relative age
8) You live in the ___________________ Period.
A
Quaternary
B
Cambrian
C
Cenozoic
D
Holocene
9) You live in the ___________________ Epoch.
A
Cenozoic
B
Quaternary
C
Quaternary
D
Holocene
10) Put these in correct order from largest unit of time to smallest.
A
Era, Eon, Period, Epoch
B
Eon, Era, Period, Epoch
C
Epoch, Era, Period, Eon
D
Eon, Period, Era Epoch
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