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Test Description: Fossil Quiz
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1) How old is Earth?
A
Approximately 4.6 billion years old
B
As old as Ms. Hayes
C
Approximately 4.6 million years old
D
Approximately 2.6 billion years old
2) Gradual change in living things over long periods of time
A
Evolution
B
Fossil
C
Extinction
D
Fossil Record
3) Scientists who study fossils
A
Meteorologist
B
Dinsaurologist
C
Paleontologist
D
Fossilologist
4) Preserved remains or traces of a once living organism
A
Uniformitarianism
B
Mummified
C
Extrusive
D
Fossil
5) No longer exists and will never again live on Earth
A
Hibernating
B
Evolution
C
Uniformitarianism
D
Extinct
6) All of the information that paleontologist have gathered about past life
A
Scientific Diary
B
Fossil Record
C
Uniformitarianism
D
Evolution
7) Geological process that happened in the past are explained by current geological processes
A
Uniformitarianism
B
Formation
C
Paleontologist
D
Geography
8) Which rocks are fossils generally found in
A
Intrusive
B
Metamorphic
C
Igneous
D
Sedimentary
9) Fossils of warm climate plants have been found in Antarctica. What conclusion can be made based on this evidence.
A
Glaciers insulated the plants
B
Global warming
C
Antarctica used to have a warmer climate
D
Warm climate plants used to grow in cold climates
10) A fossilized structure that formed in sedimentary rock by animal activity (tracks, burrows, animal dung)
A
Trace Fossil
B
Animal Fossil
C
Preserved
D
Petrified
11) Rocks are broken down into small pieces
A
Erosion
B
Weathering
C
Deposition
D
Formation
12) Process by which sediments settle or drop out of wind or water
A
Deposition
B
Formation
C
Erosion
D
Weathering
13) Process in which sediments move from one place to the another by water, wind, ice or gravity
A
Deposition
B
Weathering
C
Erosion
D
Formation
14) Fossils (from Classical Latin fossilis; literally, obtained by digging) are the preserved remains or traces of animals, plants, and other organisms from the remote past. The totality of fossils, both discovered and undiscovered, and their placement
A
False
B
True
C
Didn't read all of it
15) Fossils can help scientist make inferences about Earth's prehistoric surface, climate, and organisms
A
False
B
True
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