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Changes In Populations Through Time
Test Description: A review of TAB 3.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is the definition of inference?
A
implication based on the weather report
B
age of sedimentary rock
C
logical conclusion based on observations
D
educated guess based on data
2) What is the definition of a fossil?
A
old stuff buried in dirt
B
trace or remains of ancient organisms
C
something very old
D
bones or teeth from a really old animal
3) The type of rock where fossils are most likely to be found.
A
hard
B
metamorphic
C
igneous
D
sedimentary
4) Which of the following lists shows the correct order of first appearances in the fossil record?
A
fish,land plants, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, birds, flowering plants
B
fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, land plants, flowering plants
C
fish, land plants, flowering plants, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals
D
fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, birds, land plants, flowering plants
5) What is the correct order of the 3 most recent eras of time starting with the oldest.
A
Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic
B
Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Paleozoic
C
Mesozoic, Hadean, Archaean
D
Cambrian, Mesozoic, Phanerozoic
6) According to scientific evidence, how old is the Earth?
A
4,500,000,000 years
B
543,000,000 years
C
2,000 years
D
6.4 billion years
7) In which era of time do we live?
A
Cenozoic
B
Quaternary
C
Phanerozoic
D
Mesozoic
8) According to scientific evidence, how long ago did life first appear on Earth?
A
3,800 million years ago
B
543,000,000 years ago
C
4.5 billion years ago
D
65,000,000 years ago
9) How many organisms from the past have gone extinct?
A
less than 10 percent
B
more than 90%
C
between 30 to 50 percent
D
between 60 to 80 percent
10) If you found an index fossil in a layer of rock in Montana and a similar fossil in a layer of rock in England, you would know that:
A
the answer is not given
B
the fossils from England are older
C
the fossils from Montana are older
D
the fossils and rock layers are the same age
11) What signals the end of one Period and the beginning of another.
A
the Geologic Time Scale
B
major changes in life
C
absolute dating
D
radiometric dating and the Law of Superposition
12) What evidence is used to understand that early ancestors of whales walked on land?
A
all mammals walk on land
B
the presence of hair
C
the presence of blubber
D
the change in the shape of their limbs
13) The uplift of mountains in Glacier National Park started 170 mya and ended about 60 mya. How long did this uplift take?
A
209 my
B
144 my
C
79 my
D
89 my
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