Section 3.1 Fossil Record & Earth's History Quiz

Name:

1. A fossil is _____.

• something found in a store.
• a piece of building that broke off from a natural disaster.
• the remains, imprints or traces of prehistoric organisms that are preserved in rock.
• a piece of land where cattle roam free.

2. Fossils provide evidence of __________.

• how life and the environment has remained stable over time
• how the climate and weather has remained stable over time
• how the environment has changed but life has remained stable over time
• how life and the environmental conditions have changed over time

3. When an insect has been trapped in amber and is preserved, this forms what type of fossil?

• an imprint fossil
• a cast fossil
• a mold fossil
• preserved remains

4. Fossils such as __________ provide evidence of past life and environmental conditions.

• footprints and shells
• rocks and sand
• hieroglyphics
• rare minerals

5. Which fossil is the youngest?

• fossil A
• fossil B
• fossil C
• fossils A and B are the same age

6. What is the importance of studying fossils?

• to provide information about current life forms and current environmental conditions
• to provide information about how previous life forms would exist in current environmental conditions
• to provide information about how life and environmental conditions may have changed
• to provide information about how current life forms would exist in previous environmental conditions

7. Which type of fossil preservation is shown below?

• carbon film
• original remains
• trace fossil
• permineralized remains

8. Which type fossil is formed when an organism gets trapped in a developing rock layer and then decays away leaving an imprint of what the organism looked like?

• intact fossil
• cast fossil
• mold fossil
• petrified fossil

9. A dinosaur bone is one example of what type of fossil?

• imprint
• mold
• cast
• trace