Life Science Review

What is the history of life documented by fossils?

• Fossil Record

• Geological Time Scale

• Index Fossil

• Plate Tectonic Theory

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The oldest fossils are found on the ______ layer, while the youngest fossils are found on the ______ layer.

• bottom, bottom

• bottom, top

• top, bottom

• top, top

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Which of the following CAN'T the fossil record prove about a species?

• Its evolution

• Its existence

• Its diversity

• Its extinction

• Its color

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How do you determine how diverse a time period was?

• Count the number of different fossils in different layers.

• Count the number of different fossils in the same layer.

• Count the number of identical fossils in different layers.

• Count the number of identical fossils in identical layers.

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Which layer would be the most diverse?

• A layer with 5 identical fossils.

• A layer with 8 different fossils.

• A layer with 10 identical fossils.

• A layer with 2 different fossils.

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Comparing how the anatomy of the fossil has changed over time BEST shows how the species has

• existed.

• adapted.

• evolved.

• died.

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When a species no longer exists in the upper layers, what can scientists conclude?

• That it is hiding.

• That it evolved into a new species.

• That it went extinct.

• That it never really existed.

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If the fossil layer contains fossils with shells and fins, then the environment was probably ______. If the fossil layer contains fossils with legs and wings, then the environment was probably _____.

• aquatic; aquatic

• aquatic; terrestrial

• terrestrial; aquatic

• terrestrial; terrestrial

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When do populations either adapt or go extinct?

• Always

• Anytime the environment significantly changes

• Never

• At random times

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What is it called when more than 50% of populations living in an area die?

• A tragedy.

• A mass extinction event.

• A catastrophe.

• A global warming event.

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