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Paleontology Review Game 2

Test Description: Read each question and answer choice carefully.

Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.

1) How do MOST fossils form?

ALiving things die and their remains are quickly buried by sediments. BThe organisms freezes preserving its remains. CThe hard parts of an organism dry out from the Sun. DThe soft parts of an organism change to rock.

2) Most fossils form when the hard parts of an organism are buried quickly and form in a ______________ rock.

Asedimentary Bmetamorphic Cextrusive Digneous

3) What era do we presently live in?

ACenozoic BMesozoic CPaleozoic DPrecambrian

4) Footprints and trails are examples of _______ fossils.

Aindex Bcarbon film Ctrace Dmolds and casts

5) Why aren’t any fossils found in igneous rock?

AThe fossil would be broken down by the wind and rain. BThe fossils would be broken when animals stepped on them. CThe fossils would be melted in the hot molten material. DThe fossils would be crushed by the intense pressure of the layers above them.

6) If you found a piece of coal (which needs mild, swampy environments to form) in Antarctica, what could you assume?

AAntarctica's climate was once colder than it is now. BAntarctica's climate has always been the same. CAntarctica's climate is warming up. DAntarctica's climate was once warmer than it is now.

7) Which type of dating are you using if you were to say that one rock layer is older than another rock layer?

Aabsolute age Brelative age Call of the above Dradioactive age

8) You live in the ___________________ Period.

ACambrian BHolocene CCenozoic DQuaternary

9) You live in the ___________________ Epoch.

ACenozoic BQuaternary CHolocene DQuaternary

10) Put these in correct order from largest unit of time to smallest.

AEon, Period, Era Epoch BEon, Era, Period, Epoch CEpoch, Era, Period, Eon DEra, Eon, Period, Epoch

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