Chapter 6 Lesson 1 Fossil Evidence of Evolution

What is made up of all the fossils ever discovered on Earth?

• Fossil record
• Trace fossils
• Geologic time scale
• Biological evolution

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An example of a fossil formed by mineralization is

• a piece of petrified wood
• mammoth in ice
• insect in amber
• carbon outline of a fern

The sudden disappearance of a type of fossil in the fossil record is evidence of 

• embryology
• extinction
• comparative anatomy

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If the impression gets filled with sediments that harden to rock is called a ________.

• cast fossil

• trace fossil

• model fossil

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The kind of fossil that forms as an impression in rock is called a ________.

• cast fossil

• trace fossil

• mold fossil

The preserved evidence of the activity of an organism, such as its tracks, is called a _________.

• cast fossil

• trace fossil

• mold fossil

The diagram below shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct?

• Fossil 1 and 3 are the same age.
• Fossil 2 is older than fossil 3.
• Fossils 2 and 4 are the same age.
• Fossil 4 is older than fossil 3.

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There are two different ways to determine a fossil's age, which way is shown in the picture above?

• Absolute - Age Dating
• Relative - Age Dating

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The oldest fossils visible to the unaided eye are about ______ years ago.

• 565 million

• 56 million

• 565 thousand

• 56 thousand

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When scientists began developing the geologic time scale in the 1800s, they did not have absolute-age dating methods, so they marked time boundaries with fossils.

• True

• False

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