Fossils

Most fossils are

• created by volcanic eruptions
• formed from the remains of rocks and minerals
• result of chemical reactions in the atmosphere
• formed from the remains of marine (ocean) organisms

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Which 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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Which is the name for the study of fossils?

• archaeology

• 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 these

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Fossil fuels do NOT include

• coal

• hydrothermal fluids

• natural gas

• petroleum

Some forms of coal have been properly classified as

• metamorphic rock

• minerals

• inorganic sedimentary rock

• all of these

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When the population of a species begins to shrink due to having more deaths than births in a generation, it is possibly headed toward

• decline or extinction
• growth or expansion
• stability or equilibrium
• increase or proliferation

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Nearly half of the electrical power plants in the United States use this fuel.

• abiogenic oil

• coal

• natural gas

• petroleum

Which of the following is obtained by drilling?

• coal

• natural gas

• Neither A or B

• Both A and B