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What are fossils?
a) animals that recently died
b) animals that died 400 years ago
c) one celled animals
d) Preserved remains or traces of living things

If rock layers have been undisturbed, which layer is the youngest?
a) The layer on the top.
b) The layer on the bottom.
c) The layer that has the most fossils in it.
d) The layer that has the least fossils in it.

Tree sap hardens and becomes a fossil with an insect trapped in it. What type of fossil is this?
a) frozen fossil
b) fossil in amber
c) cast fossil
d) imprint fossil

A leaf, a feather, bones or even the entire body of an organism can leave a mark on sediment that later hardens to become rock. What type of fossil is this?
a) mineralized fossil
b) frozen fossil
c) cast fossil
d) imprint fossil

Minerals can replace wood or bone, what type of fossil is this?
a) cast fossil
b) fossil in amber
c) imprint fossil
d) mineralized fossil

The Minerals can fill in the hollows of animal tracks, what type of fossil is this?
a) cast fossil
b) fossil in amber
c) imprint fossil
d) mineralized fossil

Rapid evolution that occurs when mutations of a few genes result in a species suddenly changing into a new organism?
a) gradualism
b) relative dating
c) punctuated equilibrium
d) radioactive dating

The remains of organisms can be trapped in a solid sheet of ice, what type of fossil is this?
a) mineralized fossil
b) cast fossil
c) frozen fossil
d) petrified fossil

Which body parts would most often form a fossil?
a) bone, teeth, shells
b) hair and fingernails
c) skin
d) none of these

A continuing series of mutations and variations over and over results in a new species.
a) relative dating
b) gradualism
c) radioactive dating
d) punctuated equilibrium

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