Fossils and the History of Life

What is a fossil?

• an increase in diversity

• a preserved remain or trace of a formerly living thing

• the variety of species on Earth

• the limitations on an engineering solution

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Does the fossil record include all the fossils of every organism that has lived?

• yes

• no

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Which is an example of a trace fossil?

• a bone

• a mosquito encased in amber

• a footprint

• a tooth

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What is biodiversity?

• a rapid increase in the number of living things on Earth

• the history of life on Earth, as documented by fossils

• the variety of species on Earth

• all of the above

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What is one major pattern in the fossil record?

• adaptive radiation occurs

• mass extincion

• explosions

• increases in complexity

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What typically happens after a mass extinction occurs?

• only organisms who lived in water survive

• nothing; all the species die out

• adaptive radiation

• biodiversity

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What evidence did scientists find that helped hypothesize the cause of dinosaurs going extinct?

• iridium

• volcanoes

• oil

• ice age

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What was the Cambrian Explosion?

• an adpative radiation event

• a mass extinction event

• an explosion that caused a crater near the Gulf of Mexico

• none of the above

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An intermediate form is a fossil has traits of both earlier fossils and more recent fossils (or modern day organisms).

• true

• false

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Which is the least complex form of life?

• a cell with a nucleus

• a multicellular organism

• a bacterial cell

• fossils