Evolution Scientists & Fossils

What is the process of biological change in organisms over time?

• Fossils
• Evolution
• Adaptation
• Species

What geologic theory describes natural disasters that may cause extinctions and changes to landforms?

• Gradualism
• Uniformitarianism
• Catastrophism
• Evolution

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

How can you determine the age of a fossil?

• Examining the rings found inside
• Radiometric dating
• You can't determine fossil age
• Traveling back in time to when the organism existed

Morphology is the study of

• Fossils
• Evolution
• Physical characteristics
• Genetic characteristics

Who created a classification system based on similarities between organisms?

• Linnaeus
• Buffon
• Charles Darwin
• Lamarck

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What is the geologic theory represented by "the present is the key to the past"?

• Catastrophism
• Uniformitarianism
• Gradualism
• There is no key to the past

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Giraffes evolve by stretching their necks to reach higher leaves.

• True
• False

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NGSS.HS-LS4-4

The rapid evolution of a species over a short period of time, then remaining the same for longer time periods is the process of

• Gradualism
• Catastrophism
• Punctuated equilibrium

Fossils are traces or remains of organisms that lived in the past.

• False
• True

Bill Nye the Science Guy said that humans have changed the environment, faster than most living things can keep up.

• True
• False