Fossil Record

Which layer contains the oldest fossil?

• Layer 1

• Layer 2

• Layer 3

• Layer 4

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Which layer contains the youngest fossil?

• layer 1

• layer 2

• layer 3

• layer 4

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Organisms D and C clearly lived in an aquatic (water) environment. Organism A does not look like it lived in the water. What is the most likely explanation for this?

• The fossil in layer A died on land and was carried to the water

• The fossils in layer C and D did not live in the same location as the fossil in layer A

• The environment changed over a long period of time. It used to be under water, but is not anymore

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What is a likely event that occurred between fossil layers B and D?

• explosion of new species

• mass extinction

• can not tell from the image

• small changes to the environment

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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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Scientists have collected millions of fossils of different organisms, and have developed a timeline of life on Earth. What do we call this?

• Mutation

• Natural Selection

• The theory of evolution

• Fossil Record

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Layered fossils create a historical sequence (timeline) is known as ____________.

• Natural Selection

• Evolution

• Fossil Record

• Extinction

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Layered fossils create a historical sequence (timeline) is known as ____________.

• Natural Selection

• Evolution

• Fossil Record

• Extinction

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

This diagram of the fossil record represents changes in mollusks over millions of years. How can the pattern of change in the fossil record best be explained?

• There was a period of sudden change followed by stasis.

• There was a period of stasis followed by rapid decline.

• There was a long period of sudden change.

• There was no period of change.

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The fossil record provides evidence that 

• Fossils cannot be dated.

• All species were formed during Earth’s formation and have changed little since then.

• The fossilized species have no connection to today’s species.

• Older species gave rise to more-recent species.

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