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Evolution/Geologic Time

Authored by James Russell

Biology

9th - 12th Grade

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Evolution/Geologic Time
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Most fossils are found in

rusty water.

volcanic rock.

sedimentary rock.

the sap of ancient trees.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Fossils usually provide paleontologists with information about each of the following EXCEPT an organism’s

structure

environment.

way of life.

DNA.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

The length of time required for half of the radioactive atoms in a sample to decay is its

half-life.

relative date.

radioactive date.

period.

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

To compare the relative ages of rocks, scientists sometimes use an easily recognized and widespread fossil type called

a carbon fossil.

a radioactive fossil.

an index fossil.

a sedimentary fossil.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

How would you date a sample of rock that you suspect as being one of the earliest on Earth?

Use a radioactive isotope with a short half-life.

Use a radioactive isotope with a long half-life.

Use an index fossil.

Use a microfossil.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following statements must be true for a clade to survive?

The rate of speciation must be equal to or less than the rate of extinction.

The rate of speciation must be less than the rate of extinction.

The rate of speciation must be greater than or equal to the rate of extinction.

The rate of speciation must not change over the clade’s history.

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Gradualism is a pattern of evolution in which

a single species evolves into several closely related species.

several distantly related species develop similarities.

a species evolves at a slow, steady pace.

a species has periods of little evolution interrupted by periods of rapid evolution.

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