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Which part of the body is LEAST likely to become a fossil?
a) skin
b) leg bone
c) teeth
d) skull

Small changes in organisms over time that add up to big changes are referred to as:
a) evolution
b) morphs
c) extinction
d) artificial selection

Many scientist think that *mass* extinctions were caused by _______ .
a) climate changes
b) rock slides
c) too much rap music
d) weathering and erosion

Which of the following can scientists NOT interpret by examining fossils?
a) how the pull of gravity has changed
b) how Earth’s environment has changed over time
c) how plants and animals have changed over time
d) the age of certain layers of rocks

Why is the fossil record incomplete?
a) Most organisms never became fossils.
b) Scientists don’t like to work on it.
c) There isn’t enough sedimentary rock.
d) There isn’t enough amber.

How do scientists use the fossil record?
a) To find examples of all living things that ever lived on the planet
b) To gather information about soft, jelly-like animals such as worms, jelly fish, and slugs
c) To prove how the dinosaurs became extinct
d) To describe how the planet was formed

When all members of a species have died off, the species is _______.
a) extinct
b) mineralized
c) endangered
d) historic

Which of the following could become a fossil?
a) a woman who lived 15,000 years ago found frozen in a glacier
b) a penguin that lived 100,000 years ago found in a dry valley in Antarctica
c) a wasp inside a 30 million year old block of amber
d) all of the other choices are possible

Which of the following shows ONLY the external parts of an organism?
a) cast or mold fossils
b) an organism fossilized in amber
c) a trace fossil
d) a superposition fossil

Which of the following can become fossils?
a) bones of an organisms
b) shells of an organism
c) footprints of an organism
d) all of the other choices are correct

Which of the following is NOT a unit of time on the Geologic Time Scale?
a) light years
b) eons
c) eras
d) periods

Which of the following scientists is given credit for the theory of evolution and natural selection?
a) Charles Darwin
b) Gregor Mendel
c) Dmitri Mendeleev
d) Marie Curie

Organisms that are able to mate with one another are called ____.
a) species
b) extinct
c) animals
d) DNA

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