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Ancient Life
Test Description: Importance of the fossil record and how the past relates to discoveries in the future.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which conclusion can be made based on existing fossil evidence?
A
Present life forms have always existed.
B
All life forms will remain the same in the future.
C
The Earth's environment has always been the same.
D
Many life forms have become extinct.
2) Which inference can be made about the fossil record?
A
A great variety of plants and animals existed during the Precambrian Era.
B
Fossils were extremely rare for most of the geologic past.
C
Very few life forms have become extinct.
D
Primitive humans have existed through most of the geologic past.
3) The fossil record provides evidence that primitive humans were alive on Earth at the same time as the
A
armored fish
B
mammoths
C
dinosaurs
D
earliest birds
4) Which is the most probable reason that few Precambrian fossils are found today?
A
Precambrian organisms had few, if any, hard parts.
B
No life existed during the Precambrian Era.
C
No sedimentary rocks were formed during the Precambrian Era.
D
Precambrian fossils are abundant but not readily observable.
5) The climate that existed during the Silurian Period can best be determined by studying
A
the present stream drainage patterns
B
the present climate
C
fossils found in the bedrock
D
faults found in the bedrock
6) Which statement is best about dinosaurs?
A
They became extinct before the Cenozoic Era.
B
They were the first land animals.
C
They were abundant during the start of the last continental ice age.
D
They developed from early mammals.
7) Which fossils could most likely be found in the bedrock within a lakes area?
A
fish
B
birds
C
mammals
D
reptiles
8) Which fact provides the best evidence for the scientific theory of the evolutionary development of life on the Earth?
A
Only a small percentage of living things have been preserved as fossils.
B
Characteristics of simpler forms of life can be found in more complex forms of life.
C
Fossils are found almost exclusively in sedimentary rocks.
D
Most species of life on the Earth have become extinct.
9) Studies of the fossil record indicate that
A
few of the species of plants and animals that existed have become extinct
B
there is no evidence for evolutionary development among the different fossil species
C
variations within a species have had little effect upon the survival of the species
D
variations within a species can be observed, measured, and described
10) Theories of evolution suggest that variations between members of the same species give the species greater probability of
A
remaining unchanged
B
becoming fossilized
C
becoming extinct
D
surviving environmental changes
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