Evolution

The law of superposition states

• the oldest rock layer is on the top, the younger rock layer is on the bottom
• rock layers are always in sequence from oldest to youngest
• the youngest rock layer is on the bottom and the oldest is on the top
• the oldest layer is on the bottom and the youngest is on the top when it is undisturbed

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What can help a scientist know the approximate age of bones?

• the soil it is found in
• the index fossils in the area
• the type of rock it is formed in
• absolute dating

Scientist find dinosaur fossils in the bottom of a cliff and mammals fossils in the middle layer, what can be inferred?

• dinosaurs ate plants
• dinosaurs were eaten by the mammals
• they lived at the same time
• dinosaurs lived before the mammals

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Dolphins have the same arm structure as wolfs, what type of evidence for evolution does this represent?

• DNA
• vestigial structures
• homologous structures
• embryology

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What would indicate that a series of fossils represent evolution?

• the fossils were identical
• the fossils were found in the same layers of rock
• the fossils show similarities
• the fossils were completely different

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Change over time is

• evolution
• generation
• growth
• biogenesis

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What animal is Darwin known for studying?

• dinosaurs
• tunicates
• finches
• horses

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Natural selection is

• survival of the fittest
• humans change
• two species are the same
• more animals survive

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This makes an organism more suited to its enviornment

• species
• lifespan
• adaptation
• mutation

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Surviving and reproducing show that an organism

• is adapting
• is not adapting
• is forming fossils
• is not reproducing

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