Fossils as Evidence for Evolution

What are body fossils?

• Fossils that consist of the preserved remains of an organism's body parts

• Fossils that are formed from the impressions or traces of an organism

• Fossils that are found only in sedimentary rocks

• Fossils that are created by the replacement of organic material with minerals

Which of the following is an example of a body fossil?

• Footprints

• Nests

• Bones

• Track ways

Fill in the blank: Body fossils can be preserved through _______.

• Permineralization, Replacement, Carbonization

• Freezing, Mummification, Dehydration

• Melting, Evaporation, Sublimation

• Erosion, Weathering, Deposition

What is the purpose of trace fossils?

• To provide evidence of past life activities

• To show the color of ancient organisms

• To determine the age of the Earth

• To identify the diet of dinosaurs

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Which method uses rock layer position to determine the age of fossils?

• Absolute Dating

• Relative Dating

• Carbon Dating

• Radiometric Dating

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Which of the following best describes Absolute Dating?

• A method to determine the relative age of fossils

• A technique to find the exact age of an artifact or a geological event

• A process to compare the age of two different objects

• A way to estimate the age of the Earth

Which of the following is a radiometric dating method useful for up to 50,000 years?

• Potassium-Argon dating

• Uranium dating

• Carbon-14 dating

• Absolute dating

Fill in the blank: Potassium-Argon dating is useful for ______ of years.

• millions

• thousands

• hundreds

• decades

Transitional fossils are:

• fossils that show intermediate states between an ancestral form and that of its descendants

• fossils that are found only in transitional environments

• fossils that are not yet fully formed

• fossils that belong to extinct species only

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Which of the following is an example of a transitional fossil?

• Tiktaalik

• Dinosaur

• Mammoth

• Trilobite

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