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Fossil Record and Evolution
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Lisa Thompson
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What term do scientists use to describe what happened at each of the marked points on the graph?
Mass Extinction
Minor Extinction
There is no name for this
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What are Transitional Fossils?
All the fossils ever discovered on Earth
a chart that divides Earth’s history into different time units.
when the last individual organism of a species dies
fossils that have characteristics of both ancestral organisms and organisms that evolved
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
NGSS.MS-LS4-2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What can scientists use to explain when the fossils in the bottom of the figure appeared on Earth?
relative-age dating
trace fossils
mineralization
carbonization
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The diagram below shows a portion of the fossil record in sedimentary rock. Different rock layers and fossils are clearly visible. Which layer of rock is the oldest?
Layer A is the oldest.
Layer B is the oldest.
Layer D is the oldest.
They are all the same age.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What type of dating scale is shown on the right side of the figure?
Relative Age Dating Scale
Absolute Age Dating Scale
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following is NOT a fossil?
outline of a fern found in a rock
petrified wood in the desert
baby mammoth found in a glacier
old stone tools found in a cave
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
When the last individual of a species dies, that species is considered ____
adapted
rare
extinct
evolved
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NGSS.MS-LS4-1
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