Evolution Activities 9-17

Any remains of life preserved in a rock is called a...

• DNA

• embryo

• fossil

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Scientists who study fossils are called...

• fossilologists

• paleontologists

• evolutionaries

The Law of Superposition states...

• Young rock and fossils are on the top layer, and older rock and fossils are underneath

• Older rock and fossils are on the top layer, and younger rock and fossils are underneath

• Young and older rock and fossils are both mixed together

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

A stratigraphic column is a...

• diagram of medicines used to fight antibiotic resistence

• diagram of lakes and oceans

• diagram representing a series of rock layers

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Trace fossils are...

• always very tiny in size

• fossilized footprints and other types of animal tracks

• traced onto graph paper for analysis

A molecule that codes for traits in all organisms is called...

• DNA

• ATP

• DBA

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Organisms in the early stages of development before they are born or hatched are called...

• babies

• first borns

• embryos

Selecting and breeding parent organisms with desirable traits is called...

• natural selection

• artificial breeding

• selective breeding

Genetic modificitation...

• involves techniques to change genes in an organisms

• involves breeding the best organisms with each other

• is a technology we can't do yet

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NGSS.MS-LS4-5