SCI 410 (B) CORE ASSESSMENT (Geology/Fossils)

Full Name

School Location

• Albuquerque, NM
• Rio Rancho, NM
• Las Cruces, NM
• Las Vegas, NV

Class Period

• 1st
• 2nd
• 3rd
• 4th
• 5th

Term

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Teacher's Name

• Ayres, Vaughn
• Barger, William
• Chouinard-Jahant, Melissa
• Gallagher, Christopher
• Greeves, Amanda

S1 L1 1. In what kind of rock do we normally find fossils?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Lava

S1 L2 2. Looking at the picture below notice the layers of earth and the fossils in each layer. The fossils show us that life forms changed in an area. Compare the oldest life forms to the newest. What comment can you make about the change in the environment?

• The environment changed from being underwater to land.
• The environment changed from land to salt water.
• The environment did not change

S1 L2 3. Which of the following is an example of analogous structures?

• Horse legs and insect wings
• Hawk wings and insect wings
• Horse legs and an elephant trunk

S1 L3 4. Looking at the pictures below you can see there are many types of FLIGHTLESS birds, but they are all from different parts of the world. Because these birds have similar structures- This is an example of:

• Convergent Evolution
• Divergent Evolution
• Common Ancestry

S1 L2 5. True or False: The following picture is showing homologous structures between three different organisms.

• True
• False