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Natural Selection Review Game
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Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of the following is NOT a unit of time on the Geologic Time Scale?
A
periods
B
eras
C
light years
D
eons
2) Which of the following can become fossils?
A
all of the other choices are correct
B
footprints of an organism
C
bones of an organisms
D
shells of an organism
3) Which of the following shows ONLY the external parts of an organism?
A
cast or mold fossils
B
a trace fossil
C
an organism fossilized in amber
D
a superposition fossil
4) Which of the following could become a fossil?
A
all of the other choices are possible
B
a wasp inside a 30 million year old block of amber
C
a woman who lived 15,000 years ago found frozen in a glacier
D
a penguin that lived 100,000 years ago found in a dry valley in Antarctica
5) When all members of a species have died off, the species is _______.
A
historic
B
mineralized
C
extinct
D
endangered
6) How do scientists use the fossil record?
A
To prove how the dinosaurs became extinct
B
To describe how the planet was formed
C
To find examples of all living things that ever lived on the planet
D
To gather information about soft, jelly-like animals such as worms, jelly fish, and slugs
7) Why is the fossil record incomplete?
A
Most organisms never became fossils.
B
There isn’t enough sedimentary rock.
C
There isn’t enough amber.
D
Scientists don’t like to work on it.
8) Which of the following can scientists NOT interpret by examining fossils?
A
how Earth’s environment has changed over time
B
how plants and animals have changed over time
C
how the pull of gravity has changed
D
the age of certain layers of rocks
9) Many scientist think that *mass* extinctions were caused by _______ .
A
climate changes
B
rock slides
C
weathering and erosion
D
too much rap music
10) Which part of the body is LEAST likely to become a fossil?
A
leg bone
B
skin
C
teeth
D
skull
11) Small changes in organisms over time that add up to big changes are referred to as:
A
evolution
B
artificial selection
C
morphs
D
extinction
12) Which of the following scientists is given credit for the theory of evolution and natural selection?
A
Gregor Mendel
B
Charles Darwin
C
Marie Curie
D
Dmitri Mendeleev
13) Organisms that are able to mate with one another are called ____.
A
DNA
B
extinct
C
animals
D
species
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