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Test Description: Fossil and Geologic Time Review
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Trilobites can be used to study the passage of geologic time because_______.
A
they lived throughout the Paleozoic Era
B
they burrowed into sediments
C
their physical features changed throughout time
D
they lived in oceans
2) A trace fossil is all of these except
A
burrows
B
footprints
C
bones
3) Index fossils are
A
lived for a long time
B
lived for a short period of time in a wide area
C
lived in many different generations
D
lived in many different rock layers
4) Examples of Permineralized Remains
A
footprints
B
minerals that fill in spaces in bone and other hard parts
C
insect in amber
D
mold and cast
5) Examples of Original Remains
A
T-rex leg bone
B
Insect in Amber
C
burrows left behind by ancient worms
D
t- rex tooth
6) What does a fossil need to form?
A
Bones and microorganisms
B
Availability to scavengers
C
Quick burial and hard parts
D
Not to be covered quickly to decompose
7) Everything is made up of ______
A
Potasssium
B
Oxygen
C
Nitrogen
D
Carbon
8) What principle states that the oldest rock layer is on the bottom?
A
Absolute Dating
B
Uniformity
C
Superposition
D
Correlation
9) Gaps in the rock layers are
A
Unconformities
B
Half Lives
C
None of the above
D
Index Fossils
10) The best evidence that two land areas were once connected is the discovery that both have land masses
A
have similar rocks and fossils
B
exist along the same line of longitude
C
have the same climate
D
are in the same stage of sucession
11) A type of fossil that is the hollow shape of an organism
A
Trace Fossils
B
Permineralized Remians
C
Cast
D
Mold
12) Carbon Fim is
A
the bones of a once living organism
B
an imprint of an animal in rock
C
A thin film left behind when sediment covers an organism.
D
the fur of an animal
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