Fossil Evidence of Evolution

A _ fossil is formed when sediments harden around the buried remains of an organism.

• Mineralization

• Trace Fossils

• Mold

• Carbonization

Which of the following is NOT a fossil?

• outline of a fern found in a rock

• petrified wood in the desert

• baby mammoth found in a glacier

• old stone tools found in a cave

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

In an undisturbed rock formation, the rocks on the bottom are the oldest.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What type of dating scale is shown on each side of the figure

• Left side relative age, right side absolute age

• Right side trace fossils, left side index fossils

• Right side relative age, left side absolute age

• Right side geologic time scale, left side superposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Footprints formed in mud that later turned to rock are called ____ fossils.

• Mineralization

• Trace Fossils

• Mold

• Carbonization

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Petrified wood, fossils that look very like the original trees but that are now actually made up of rock materials, are the result of the process called _____.

• Mineralization

• Trace Fossils

• Mold

• Carbonization

In the trashcan in Isaac’s room, there were many wrappers from snacks. At the bottom of the trash there was a candy bar wrapper. In the middle, there was a piece of plastic from a slice of cheese. On the top of the rest of the trash is a granola bar wrapper. Assuming the trash has never been mixed up, which snack did Isaac eat the longest ago? Which type of dating did you use to answer?

• the granola bar; absolute-age dating

• the granola bar; relative-age dating

• the candy bar; absolute-age dating

• the candy bar; relative-age dating

When the last individual of a species dies, that species is considered ____.

• adapted

• rare

• extinct

• evolved

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Change in a population over time is called _____.

• conservation

• evolution

• extinction

• mutation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Order the fossils according to their relative age from oldest to youngest

• 1,2,3,4,5

• 3,5,2,1,4

• 2,1,4,3,5

• 5,3,1,4,2

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4