Chapter 11 - Fossils

Most fossils are __________.

• dinosaurs

• missing links

• marine (ocean) organisms

• vertebrates

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Petrified wood forms by a process called __________.

A. casting C. carbon printing

B. compression D. replacement

• casting

• carbon printing

• compression

• replacement

Which of the following, if fossilized, would be considered microfossils?

• animal droppings

• exoskeletons

• plant spores

• all of these

Fossils, especially those having detailed impressions of skin and feathers,

A. must have been buried slowly. C. must have been buried in lava.

B. must have been buried rapidly. D. are only found in metamorphic rock.

• must have been buried slowly

• must have been buried rapidly

• must have been buried in lava

• are only found in metamorphic rock.

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Which of the following substances commonly contains fossils?

• amber

• magma

• liquid water

• all of the other answers

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Fossils that seem to appear reliably in the proper geologic sequence and that are used by geologists to determine the age of rock strata are called __________.

• index fossils

• intermediate fossils

• missing links

• polystrate fossils

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What remarkable discovery came from the examination of a thigh bone of a Tyrannosaurus rex fossil in 2005?

• DNA

• prehistoric bacteria

• soft tissues

• stone arrowhead

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What is the name for the study of fossils?

• archaelology

• paleology

• paleontology

• petrology

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Who developed the system used today to classify organisms?

• Charles Darwin

• Carolus Linnaeus

• Charles Lyell

• James Hutton

Fossils that would show organisms in the process of evolving from one form to another are known as __________.

• index fossils

• microfossils

• transitional forms

• none of the answers