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In rock layers, jellyfish fossils are found lower than trilobite fossils, and trilobite fossils are found lower than ammonite fossils. What can be determined from this information?
a) Trilobites existed before jellyfish and ammonites.
b) Jellyfish existed before trilobites and ammonites.
c) Ammonites existed before trilobites and jellyfish.
d) Jellyfish, trilobites, and ammonites lived together.
Fossils are important when studying the history of Earth becuase fossils provide evidence of all of the following EXCEPT:
a) changes in Earth's surface
b) how oceans originally formed
c) how environments on Earth have changed over time
d) how groups of organisms changed over time
A(n) _________ fossil is a fossil that must be widely distributed and represent a type of organism that existed only briefly.
a) intrusive
b) unconformity
c) relative
d) index
A petrified fossil forms when
a) gases escape from the organism and leave carbon behind
b) an organism becomes trapped in amber
c) minerals replace all or part of an organism
d) an organism is frozen
Which of the following is an example of a trace fossil?
a) skeleton
b) footprint
c) trilobite
d) leaf
A trace fossil:
a) provides evidence of an animal\'s shape
b) provides evidence of the entire animal
c) provides evidence of an animal\'s size
d) provides evidence of an animal\'s action
Fossil formed when a mold is filled in with sediment.
a) Preserved remains
b) imprint fossil
c) Trace fossil
d) Cast fossil
Mass extinction means....
a) One species dies out in a year
b) A volcano or other natural event wipes out a single habitat
c) Thousands of species die out in a short time
d) People over hunting the Dodo bird
On a geological dig, two fossil samples were found in different rock layers in the same area. One fossil was found in a rock layer that was located below the other.Which can be concluded about the relative ages of the fossils?
a) The fossil found in the lower layer is older than the one found above it.
b) The fossils were found in the same area, so they are the exact same age.
c) The fossil found in the lower layer is younger than the one found above it.
d) The fossils are different ages, but it cannot be determined which is older or younger.
Why are plant fossils not as common as animal fossils?
a) Soft parts of plants are easily destroyed.
b) More animals die than plants.
c) Soft parts of animals are easily destroyed.
d) Plants do not die.
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