Fossils/Pangea

Fossils/Pangea

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The era that dinosaurs ruled the Earth's land, air and oceans.

• Cenozoic
• Paleozoic
• Precambrian
• Mesozoic

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What is Pangaea?

• The name of a German Scientist
• the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
• another name for continental drift
• the name of an ancient fossil

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Which two events could lead to mass extinction?

• An ice age

• Hurricane

• Massive volcanic eruption

• Tsunami

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While examining a layer of rock, a scientist found a fossil of a trilobite like the one shown below. The scientist knows that trilobites only lived during the Paleozoic era. The scientist finds fossilized remains of other species in the same rock layer as the trilobite. What can the scientist conclude about these other fossils?

• The organisms that formed them must have evolved from trilobites.

• The organisms that formed them likely also lived during the Paleozoic era.

• The organisms that formed them likely went extinct before the Paleozoic era.

• The organisms that formed them are still living in modern times.

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Finding the fossils of trees in an area that is currently a desert without much life might tell us that the area, millions of years ago - 

• was heavily eroded by strong winds
• received enough rain to support a forest
• suffered very powerful earthquakes
• was destroyed by the impact of meteorites

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If scientists found this fossil, what could they infer?

• what fish are like today

• that this fish lacked oxygen

• that water once covered the area where this fossil was found

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What can scientists learn from studying the relationships between fossils?

• how old all rock layers are

• how life changed over time

• how many relatives fossils had

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How do scientists determine the actual age of fossils?

• relative dating

• sedimentary dating

• radioactive dating

• mold and cast dating

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How do most fossils form?

• An insect becomes trapped in amber.

• An entire organism becomes frozen in ice.

• A dead organism becomes buried in sediment.

• A dead organism becomes buried in tar.

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True or False: Evidence from the fossil record shows that species change gradually over time.

• True

• False

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According to the law of superposition, which layer is the youngest?

• A
• B
• C

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Which layer formed first?

• Rock Layer W
• Rock Layer X
• Rock Layer Y
• Rock Layer Z

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What are the oldest fossils and why?

• B, C- because they are closest to the top

• A, B- because they are closest to the bottom

• They are all the same age- because they are all found on layer 2

• A, B- because they are found closest to the top

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Which piece of evidence did Wegener use to prove continental drift?

• The shape of the continents
• Similar fossils found on separate continents
• Tree fossils found in odd places
• All of the above

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The Theory of Continental Drift states that Pangaea broke apart and the continents "drifted" away from each other

• True
• False

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Andrew found warm-weather plant fossils while on an expedition to Antarctica.  Which conclusion best supports his find?  

• The seeds of plants were carried by flying dinosaurs that escaped Jurrassic Park
• The island was once closer to the equator, but has since drifted to its current location
• Ancient Mariners transported the plants to the island.  
• The plants drifted on the ocean currents to the island.  

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Mr. Jones, an archeologist, travels to study land animal fossils from millions of years ago.  He has found fossils of the smae land animals in eastern South America and western Africa.  Which conclusion best supports Mr. Jones' findings? 

• The 2 continents were once joined together as part of a larger continent.  
• Land animals found from fossils collected from the west coast of Africa are similar to the ones found on the east coast of South America
• Early Europeans became Zombies as a Result of the Rock coming to save the world in the movie San Andreas
• The animals developed on the two continents at the exact same time

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What is created when one continental and one oceanic plate converge?  

• Volcano
• Mountain
• Tsunami
• Earthquake

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What is created when two continental plates converge together?  

• Mountains
• Tsunami
• Earthquake
• Volcano

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Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?

• Harry Hess
• Galileo
• Alfred Wegener
• Newton

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Plate movement is caused by ______________.

• the rotation of the Earth
• ocean tides
• convection currents in the mantle
• the moon's gravity

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The circular arrows inside the Earth's Mantle represent what type of motion, that drives ALL plate movement?  

• Convergent Boundary
• Ocean Currents
• Convection Currents
• Transform Boundary

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Pangea broke up in the _____.

• Mesozoic Era

• Cenozoic Era

• Paleozoic Era

• Precambrian Era