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Paleontology Review Game 1
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1) Which of the following can scientists NOT discover from fossil remains?
A
The age of rock layers
B
How Earth’s environment has changed over time
C
How organisms have changed over time
D
How the pull of gravity has changed
2) Why is the fossil record incomplete?
A
Most organisms never became fossils.
B
There are not enough sedimentary rocks.
C
Most organisms have too many parts to become fossils.
D
There is not enough amber or tar.
3) Geologic changes occur _______________.
A
gradually (slowly)
B
suddenly (quickly)
C
after a storm
D
every few months
4) What does the principle of uniformitarianism state?
A
Layers of sedimentary rock contain more fossils than layers of metamorphic rock.
B
Older rocks lie at the bottom of newer rocks.
C
The continents were once joined in a large land mass.
D
The forces that act to change Earth’s surface today are the same forces that acted upon Earth’s surface in the past.
5) If you found a seashell fossil in the desert, what would it MOST LIKELY tell you?
A
All of the above
B
Sea animals live in the desert.
C
The desert was once underwater.
D
All deserts were once underwater at one time.
6) Trilobites and dogs did not exist in the same geologic era. How do scientists know this?
A
Dogs had become extinct before the trilobites.
B
Dog fossils are found only in rock layers below layers with trilobites.
C
Dogs would have killed all of the trilobites.
D
There are no rock layers that have fossils of both trilobites and dogs remains.
7) What do paleontologists study?
A
weather
B
water cycle
C
past life
D
astronomy
8) Geologists could study the geologic record to determine __________.
A
more complex organisms
B
both simple and complex organisms.
C
simple organisms.
D
only organisms that are currently living today.
9) How do geologists use the geologic time scale?
A
to record daily earthquake activity
B
to date rock layers
C
to divide Earth’s history into manageable parts.
D
to predict future extinctions
10) The geologic time scale is a record of __________.
A
only the time since the evolution of the woolly mammoth.
B
how fast fossils form.
C
the thickness of rock layers.
D
the life forms and geologic events in Earth’s history.
11) What principle of geology states that layers of sediment are deposited parallel (horizontally) to Earth's surface?
A
original horizontality
B
uniformitarianism
C
normal faults
D
nonconformity
12) How old do scientists believe Earth is?
A
About 5.9 billion years old
B
About 12 million years old
C
About 40 billion years old
D
About 4.6 billion years old
13) What best describes relative age?
A
its age based on carbon-14 dating and half life
B
its age compared to the ages of other rocks
C
the number of years since the rock formed
D
more than the age of the fossils the rock contains
14) The Law of Superposition states that in sedimentary rock, the youngest layer of rock is ______________.
A
at the bottom
B
You cannot tell.
C
at the top
D
in the middle
15) Stuart wants to preserve the remains of a dead organisms. What is the best environment for fossil formation?
A
wet and cool temperatures
B
wet and warm temperatures
C
dry and freezing temperatures
D
dry and hot temperatures
16) What is an organism that no longer exists on Earth called?
A
petrified
B
fossilized
C
evolved
D
extinct
17) Which of the following events is an example of a catastrophic event that might lead to the formation of fossils?
A
all of the above
B
volcanic eruption
C
mudslide
D
flood
18) Scientists use radioactive dating to determine ____________.
A
age of rock in years.
B
relative age of rocks.
C
past environments of rocks and fossils.
D
what region it formed in.
19) Which of the following is an example of minerals being replaced in an organism to form a fossil?
A
petrified wood
B
amber
C
tar pits
D
freezing
20) A fossil is ________________.
A
a clone of a rock.
B
the preserved remains or traces of an organism.
C
any dead organism.
D
a living organism.
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