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By determining the age of fossils, scientists can reconstruct the history of life on Earth

• True
• False

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What is a fossil?

• the remains or physical evidence of an organism preserved by geologic processes
• fossils can be preserved in rock, amber, asphalt, or ice
• any naturally preserved evidence of animal activity
• fossil of an organism that lived during a relatively short period of time

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Theory or Law???  Explanation of how the dinosaurs disappeared.

• Law
• Theory

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Gigantopithecus were very large primates that lived 500,000 years ago. Since none of these mammals are still today, they are said to be....

• Extinct

• Threatened

• Endangered

• Declining

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Why did scientists lead by Shubin decide to search in the Canadian Arctic for transition fossils? Select all that apply.

• Age of the rocks

• Kind of the rock there

• Other parts of the world had been explored already

• The climate/weather was the best there

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The end of an era, and the end of life for groups of organisms, is called?

• Death

• Mass extinction

• Transition

• Turning point

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The preserved remains of an organism from long ago is called a ___________

• stratum

• clast

• fossil

• relative age

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Which of the following can be learned by using the fossil record?

• When organisms changed or evolved

• when organisms appeared on Earth

• when organisms became extinct

• All the above

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Which of the following is the collection of life's remains found in sedimentary rock?

• natural selection

• homologous structures

• Charles Darwin

• the fossil record

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The period of geologic time when the biodiversity of life on the planet increased dramatically was A

• A. Jurassic

• B. Triassic

• C. Permian

• D. Cambrian

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