Fossils Quiz Final

This state currently is experiencing volcanic activity. Use your journal notes to answer the post-test questions. You have two attempts. The better of the two scores will be recorded. Additional retakes are available Wednesday during Advisory. Good luck!

• Hawaii

• Ohio

• Nebraska

• Michigan

A 3 toed horse and a rhino were both in the state of

• Nebraska

• Hawaii

• Ohio

• Michigan

Scientists measured a rock sample to find out how much zircon contains uranium and lead are in it to determine its

• age

• location

• fossil type

• chemistry

How much zircon and lead are in a rock sample is a good way to determine the

• approximate age

• relative age

• relational age

• absolute age

These types of rocks contain the most fossils

• volcanic rocks

• igneous rocks

• metamorphic rocks

• sedimentary rocks

A single individual or being. It can be a plant or animal.

• organism

• cell

• tissue

• organ

The process of converting, or of being converted, into preserved remains of a once-living organism

• hybridization

• extinction

• fossilization

• preservation

A group of these that are analyzed and arranged chronologically and in taxonomic order

• fossil record

• absolute dating

• cast fossil

• mold fossil

These form the actual shape of the once living organism.

• mold fossil

• absolute fossil

• relative fossil

• cast fossil

This is the hollow space that is left behind in rock material over time.

• carbonization

• cast fossil

• fossilization

• mold fossil