Life Science, Thursday Exit Ticket, 2.28.19

How do fossils form

• an insect becomes trapped in amber

• an entire organism becomes frozen in ice.

• a dead organism becomes buried in sediment

• All of the above

Which of the following is most likely to become preserved as a fossil?

• a leaf

• a worm

• jelly fish

• clam shell

Explain why there are no fossils of many early forms of life

• Early forms of life where too soft to form fossils

• Early forms of life were very, very small so finding fossilised remains is very difficult.

• Most dead organisms do not form fossils they decay

• All of the above

Which of the following is NOT an example of a fossil?

• a petrified dinosaur bone
• a footprint captured in mud
• a seashell found on the beach
• an insect stuck in amber

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Which of the following is NOT something you could learn from a fossil?

• The size of the animal
• What the animal ate
• The color of the animal
• Where the animal lived

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In which kind of rock do we usually find a fossil?

• sedimentary  rock
• metamorphic rock
• igneous rock

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What happens when a group of animals become extinct?

• All of its members have died.

• Only a few of its members are still living.

• The animals can no longer lay eggs.

• All of its members move to another place.

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Which of these are causes of extinction

• Habitat Destruction

• A New Predator

• A New Disease

• A New Competing Species

• All of the above

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The endangered seabird the marbled murrelet, in California, is dependent upon Sequoia forests and trees for survival. What might happen to the marbled murrelet population if the sequoia population went extinct?

• the population of marbled murrelet would remain the same

• the population of marbled murrelet would increase

• The marbled murrelet would become extinct

• The marbled murrelet would be placed on the threatened species list

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