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Hardened tree sap is called ___________________.
a) Coprolite
b) Carbon
c) Fossil
d) Amber

Fossilized dinosaur poop is called ________________________.
a) Coprolite
b) Carbon
c) Fossil
d) Amber

Which rock layer is always the oldest?
a) The darkest rock layer
b) The bottom rock layer
c) The layer with more ossils
d) The lightest colored rock layer

The study of fossils is called_______________________
a) Biology
b) Chemistry
c) Paleontology
d) Carbon Dating

What is the type of Fossil Dating that uses rock layers?
a) Carbon Dating
b) Absolute Dating
c) Relative Dating
d) Rock Dating

Fossils are most commonly found in ____________________________.
a) Ice
b) sedimentary rock
c) metamorphic rock
d) water

Fossils can be preserved in
a) Ice
b) Sedimentary Rock
c) Tar pits
d) all of the above

How many grams are left of a 20 gram sample of a radioactive isotope after 2 half lives?
a) 10g
b) 20g
c) 5g
d) 2.5g

The half life of Carbon-14 is 5600 years. How much would be left of a 50 gram sample after 11,200 years?
a) 50g
b) 25g
c) 12.5g
d) 5g

The half life of Carbon-14 is 5600 years. How much would be left of a 100 gram sample after 5600 years?
a) 100g
b) 75g
c) 25g
d) 50g

The geologic time scale is subdivided into
a) relative ages
b) absolute ages
c) unconformities
d) eras and periods

The earliest multicelled organisms were
a) invertebrates
b) land plants
c) vertebrates
d) bacteria

Which of the following was found in Earth's first atmosphere?
a) carbon dioxide
b) hydrogen
c) oxygen
d) ozone

What change is Earth's atmosphere allowed organisms to live on land?
a) a collision with a comet
b) the development of the ozone layer
c) a strong burst of particles from the sun
d) the absorption of carbon dioxide by oceans

A break in Earth's crust is called
a) an intrusion
b) a fault
c) a layer
d) an index fossil

A solid copy of the shape of an organism is
a) a mold
b) a carbon film
c) a cast
d) a fossil record

A hollow area in sediment in the shape of an organism or part of an organism is
a) a cast
b) a mold
c) a trace fossil
d) a petrified fossil

Which of the following substances is not able to preserve entire organisms?
a) sticky tar
b) water
c) amber
d) ice

What type of fossils provide evidence of the activities of ancient organisms?
a) molds and casts
b) petrified fossils
c) trace fossils
d) carbon films

According to sceintists, both Earth and the moon are
a) about 1.6 billion years old
b) about 4.6 billion years old
c) about 9.6 billion years old
d) about 14 billion years old

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