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Test Description: Fossils
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1) Which of the following is important if an organism is to become a fossil?
A
rapid burial and soft parts
B
rapid burial and hard parts
C
slow burial and hard parts
D
slow burial and soft parts
2) Why would a worm stand a poor chance of being fossilized?
A
Worms did not exist in the geologic past.
B
Worms have been rare during the geologic past.
C
none of these
D
Worms have no hard parts.
3) Which of the following must be true for a fossil organism to be useful as an index fossil?
A
all of these
B
The fossil organism must be widespread geographically.
C
The fossil organism must be limited to a short span of geologic time.
D
The fossil organism must be abundant.
4) Which of the following environments would most likely NOT contain fossils?
A
intrusive rock formed from cooled magma
B
sediment deposited in a riverbed
C
layers of sand that accumulate over thousands of years
D
a thick deposit of dried mud
5) The footprints of a dinosaur are an example of what type of fossil?
A
trace fossil
B
mold
C
unaltered remains
D
carbonized remains
6) What determines the type of fossil that is formed?
A
the conditions under which the organism lived and how it was buried
B
the conditions under which the organism was metamorphosed and how it was buried
C
the conditions under which the organism died and how it lived
D
the conditions under which the organism died and how it was buried
7) In which of the following environments would the shell of an organism most likely be preserved as a fossil?
A
on the top of a hill
B
on the banks of a dry river bed
C
on a beach
D
at the bottom of a lake buried by a landslide
8) Using fossils to match up rocks of similar ages in different areas is called ____.
A
geology
B
succession
C
correlation
D
fossilization
9) Fossils are the ____.
A
remains or traces of prehistoric life
B
living creatures with habitats in or around rock
C
oldest layers of rock in a region
D
objects that people of long ago left behind as artifacts
10) Petrified wood is an example of what type of fossil?
A
unaltered remains
B
trace fossil
C
cast
D
altered remains
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