Fuhua Junior High School Biology Quiz

If the number of mollusks, jellyfish, sea cucumbers, and sea anemones are the same during a certain period in the ocean, which one will leave the most fossils?

• Mollusks

• Jellyfish

• Sea Cucumbers

• Sea Anemones

During an outdoor teaching trip to the Taichung National Museum of Natural Science, Wei Lun and Xiao Ke Ai learned a lot about fossils. Which of the following cannot be inferred from a complete animal fossil?

• Color of skin and fur

• Living environment

• Era of existence

• General appearance

Which part is least likely to form fossils after biological death?

• Cell walls of ferns

• Horse bones

• Teeth of primitive humans

• Muscles of Archaeopteryx

The Potamotrygon is a type of freshwater stingray whose ancestors date back to the Carboniferous period and is one of the most primitive living sharks. Its morphology and structure are similar to its ancestral fossils with little variation. What category does the Potamotrygon belong to?

• Amber fossils

• Body fossils

• Coprolite fossils

• Living fossils

Which of the following does not belong to fossils?

• Trilobite tracks

• The sacred tree of Xitou

• A well-preserved woolly mammoth in ice

• Dinosaur droppings

Which of the following is not a living fossil?

• Saber-toothed tiger

• Ginkgo

• Coelacanth

• Horseshoe crab

Xiu Hui learned from books that corals like to live in tropical and subtropical seas, with temperatures between 22-28 °C, abundant sunlight, and clear water. If today Xiu Hui excavates ancient coral fossils from the strata, what inference can she make?

• The strata were anciently located on land

• The strata were anciently located in deep sea

• The strata were anciently located in shallow sea

• The strata may have been polluted

Among the four types, which are fossils? (A) Crystal; (B) Dinosaur egg; (C) Dinosaur footprints; (D) Shells found on the beach.

• A and D

• A and C

• B and C

• B and D

Dagang Mountain in Kaohsiung is one of Taiwan's minor hundred peaks, with a peak elevation of over 300 meters, commonly seen with limestone strata mainly composed of coral reefs, mollusk debris, and foraminifera fossils. Which of the following statements is incorrect?

• Dagang Mountain was once a warm shallow sea area

• This area has undergone tectonic changes, causing it to rise into a mountain

• Ancient corals and mollusks can survive in dry conditions on the mountain

• After millions of years, the terrain of this area may change again

Which of the following does not belong to fossils?

• A complete woolly mammoth in ice

• Dinosaur footprints

• Insects in amber

• The thousand-year-old sacred tree of Alishan