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The gradual change in species over time is...

• Evolution
• Nucleotide 
• Adaptation
• Natural Selection

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Many marine fossils have high contents of silica and calcium, which indicate the use of these materials to encase the bodies of organisms.

• True

• False

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Index fossils must meet two criteria, they must have existed for a short period of time and ...

• be few in numbers

• lived for a long time

• be widely distributed

• be really old in age

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What type of event usually marks the end of an Era

• A Mass Extinction

• A Quinceanera

• An earthquake

• A Volcanic Eruption

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The mystery fossil

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Which type of fossil can provide clues about the activities of ancient organisms?

• trace fossils

• remains preserved in amber

• carbon films

• molds and casts

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Fossil fuels were formed from ____.

• the remains of once living organisms.

• the earth.

• solids, liquids, and gases, made millions of years ago.

• sun and water.

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The illustration shows rock layers from three different locations and fossils the rock layers contain. The fossils are all trilobites, ancient organisms that were different over time. Which conclusion can be drawn from the information in the illustration?

• The trilobite Cyclopygidae appeared most recently of those shown here.

• The trilobite Ceratopigidae appeared before all the others.

• The trilobite Remopleiridae is the oldest of all the trilobites.

• The trilobite Asaphidae appeared most recently of those shown here.

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According to the fossil record, which evolved first?

• vertebrates

• invertebrates

• the evolved at the same time

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___________ ___________ show evidence of the activity of ancient organisms, such as tracks or nests.

• dead fossils

• Mold fossils

• Cast fossils

• Trace fossils

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