Quiz about Changes Over Time and the Fossil Record

Question 1

By which method have scientists determined that the Earth is about 4.5 billion years old?

Accepted Answer

radioactive dating

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plate tectonics

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relative dating

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law of superposition

Question 2

Which is the most accurate method scientists can use to estimate Earth's age?

Accepted Answer

radioactive dating

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relativism

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superposition

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relative dating

Question 3

Which type of rock replaces bone and other hard organic materials to create rock molds of fossils?

Accepted Answer

sedimentary

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metamorphic

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extrusive igneous

Question 4

What type of fossil is an imprint in a rock?

Accepted Answer

mold

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cast

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trace

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whole/part

Question 5

Fossilized rock in the shape of dinosaur bones are which type of fossil?

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cast fossil

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real bone

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mold fossil

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trace fossil

Question 6

This type of fossil forms when sediments bury an organism and then sediments change into rock; the organism decays leaving a cavity in the shape of the organism.

Accepted Answer

mold

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cast

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petrified

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trace

Question 7

This type of fossil forms when minerals soak into the buried remains, replacing the remains, and changing them into rock.

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petrified

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mold

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cast

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preserved

Question 8

Shells and skeletons are typically fossilized in this fashion.

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mold and cast

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trace

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carbonized or carbon film

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permineralized or petrified

Question 9

Trees and sometimes marine animals are sometimes fossilized this way

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permineralized or petrified

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trace

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carbonized or carbon film

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preserved or original remains

Question 10

Remains of animals can be preserved by preventing them from decaying. What substances might help preserve parts or a whole animal

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tar, amber, ice

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ice, carbonization, trace

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rock, amber, ice

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tar, carbonization, rock

Question 11

Hardened tree sap is called

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amber

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diamonds

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tar

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syrup

Question 12

What type of fossil is pictured?

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trace fossil

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cast

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petrified fossil

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preserved remains

Question 13

What are the remains, imprints, or traces of once-living organisms?

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fossil

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index fossils

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mold

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cast

Question 14

Which of the following could form a fossil?

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All of the above

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Bone

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Shell

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Seeds

Question 15

Most fossils form when organisms that die become buried in sediments

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True

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False

Question 16

Which of the following is true about molds and casts

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All of the above

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A mold forms when hard parts of an organism buried by sediments are gradually dissolved

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A mold that becomes filled in with hardened materials forms a cast

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A cast is a copy of the shape of an organism

Question 17

By determining the age of fossils, scientists can reconstruct the history of life on Earth

Accepted Answer

True

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False

Question 18

The millions of fossils that scientists have collected are called

Accepted Answer

The Fossil Record

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The Geologic Time Scale

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The Origin of Species

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A really neat fossil collection

Question 19

What are fossils?

Accepted Answer

The remains of plants and animals.

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Living plants and animals.

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Minerals that are in the soil.

Question 20

Fossils harden through which process?

Accepted Answer

Permineralization

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Sedimentation

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True Fossils

Changes Over Time and the Fossil Record

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