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Fossils And Rock Layers
Test Description: Chapter 5: Clues to the Past
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which are fossils that really help out paleontologists reorder a sequence of rock layers that have been disturbed because the animals they are from only lived a short period of time?
A
None
B
Permineralized Remains (aka Mineral Replacement Fossils)
C
Trace Fossils
D
Index Fossil
2) Which of the following is most likely to become a fossil?
A
None
B
Blood
C
Scales of a T-rex
D
Bones laying on the ground in the open for a long time
3) Which type of rock can you find most fossils?
A
None
B
Metamorphic
C
Igneous
D
Sedimentary
4) Which of the following is a fossil?
A
Traces of ripples in the sand left by water waves
B
None
C
Imprint of a leaf
D
Imprint of a 1,500 year old spearhead
5) Which of the following is when whole layers of rock are missing from a rock sequence?
A
Disconformity
B
Angular Uncomformity
C
Unconformities
D
Nonconformity
6) What kind of fossil are footprints left by an animal in snow?
A
Body Fossil
B
None
C
Tracks
D
Trails
7) Which of the following can reveal AND also protect fossils?
A
None
B
Sun
C
Erosion
D
Weathering
8) What of the following is true?
A
Rock layers that are on the bottom are the oldest and the topmost layers are the youngest
B
None
C
Bones of turtles are index fossils
D
A mold is a cavity in a rock that is left by an organism that has dissolved through time
9) What does a fossil of a seashell or marine animal found today in the desert tell us?
A
All
B
What landforms existed in the past
C
How animals lived in the past
D
None
10) Which of the following is true if this is an undisturbed rock sequence from oldest to youngest: BP, PDA, AZ, ZC (Fossils are shown by letters)?
A
D is older than Z
B
The D fossil is younger than A
C
None
D
The C fossil is older than Z
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