Quiz 2: Fossil Record

What is the largest division of time?

• Eon
• Epic
• Era
• Period

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What is a fossil?

• is a solid collection of mineral grains that grow or become cemented together

• images created by removing part of a rock surfaces by incising, pecking, carving, and abrading

• A fossil is the naturally preserved remains or traces of animals or plants that lived in the geologic past

• Is the science dealing with natural and artificial gemstone materials.

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What era will you find Jurassic period fossils?

• Cenozoic

• Mesozoic

• Paleozoic

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Where can the oldest layer be found?

• The top layer
• The middle layer
• They are all the same age
• The bottom layer

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If scientists found this fossil, what could they infer?

• what fish are like today

• that this fish lacked oxygen

• that water once covered the area where this fossil was found

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Diagram 1 shows the fossilized remains of the lower portion of a camel's leg. Each subsequent diagram shows the same portion of a camel's leg, but the diagrams are from progressively later time periods. Diagram 4 shows the most recent fossil. What do these diagrams indicate?

• that fossils can show how a species changes over time.

• that modern camels have more toes than earlier species of camels.

• that all living organisms have increased in size over time.

• that fossils show how species stay the same over time.

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1.Name the divisions of the Geologic Time Scale in order from the largest to the smallest?

• Epoch, Eon, Period, and Era

• Eon, Era, Period, and Epoch

• Era, Eon, Epoch, and Period

• Period, Eon, Era, and Epoch

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Which Era are we currently living in?

• Precambrian

• Cenozoic

• Mesozoic

• Cambrian

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Which era is known as the "age of reptiles"

• Paleozoic Era
• Cenozoic Era
• Mesozoic Era
• Precambrian Era

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The single land mass that existed about 245 million years ago is named what?

• Fossil
• Pangea
• Bob
• Tectonic plates

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