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