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WorksheetsFossils and Natural Selection
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 32mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which animal part would MOST LIKELY form a fossil?
a)
fur
b)
lung
c)
bone
d)
muscle
2.
Why do bones and teeth remain as part of some fossils?
a)
they are white
b)
bones are large
c)
the parts are hard
d)
bones decay easily
3.
The name rock is given when it is broken down into smaller pieces.
a)
texture
b)
weathering
c)
sediment
d)
erosion
4.
These are dinosaur footprints. What is this a example of?
a)
All of the below!!!!!
b)
index fossil
c)
permineralized remains
d)
trace fossil
5.
What is permineralized remains?
a)
fossils that have spaces inside that are filled in with minerals from groundwater.
b)
Mineral Fossils
c)
thin film of carbon remains of a once living organism that was preserved as a fossil.
d)
I don't know
6.
A fossil is ____.
a)
a dead rotten animal
b)
the remains of things that lived a long, long time ago
c)
a plant that dried up
7.
People who study fossils are called ____.
a)
meterologists
b)
fossilologists
c)
paleontologists
8.
Which of the following is NOT an example of a fossil?
a)
a petrified dinosaur bone
b)
a footprint captured in mud
c)
a seashell found on the beach
9.
The process that turns living things, like bones, into rocks is called _____.
a)
rock and roll
b)
petrification
c)
dinosauring
10.
Which of the following is NOT something you could learn from a fossil?
a)
The size of the animal
b)
What the animal ate
c)
The color of the animal
11.
In which kind of rock do we usually find a fossil?
a)
sedimentary rock
b)
rock candy
c)
hard rock
12.
Which of the following events happens FIRST?
a)
Slowly, minerals in the water replace the bone.
b)
Sediment covers the bone.
c)
An animal dies.
d)
The bone is no longer a bone, but a rock copy.
13.
What would probably happen if dinosaur remains are not covered quickly?
a)
It could decay, or rot away.
b)
It would become a fossil.
c)
It would not be able to decay.
14.
What type of fossil fills a mold, and is a model of the actual organism?
a)
cast
b)
trace
c)
carbon imprint
15.
Fossils that are not the actual organism but evidence of that organism's existance.
a)
index fossils
b)
trace fossils
c)
altered hard parts
d)
original preservation
16.
What is hardened tree sap?
a)
coprolites
b)
index fossils
c)
gastroliths
d)
amber
17.
Impressions or remains of animals and plants that lived long ago are called:
a)
sea shells
b)
dinosaurs
c)
fossils
d)
trees
18.
Scientists study fossils of ancient animals to learn more about:
a)
what they ate
b)
what TV shows they liked
c)
their name
d)
All of these answers
19.
Enviromentals changes leads to
a)
variations
b)
pollution
c)
predation
d)
artificial selection
20.
What is an example of quantitative observations?
a)
red roses
b)
twenty four feet
c)
white fur
d)
selective breeding
21.
A dog can be trained to alert a human if the telephone is ringing
a)
hypothesis
b)
theory
c)
law
d)
conclusion
22.
Natural selection is when ____________ decides who survives and who doesn't
a)
nature
b)
humans
c)
animals
d)
years
23.
1. What is an adaptation?
a)
A feature or behavior that helps an animal survie.
b)
The food that an animal eats.
c)
How energy moves in a food web.
24.
This is a period of deep sleep that occurs in some animals when outside temperatures are cold: ______
a)
hibernation
b)
migration
25.
How do adaptations help animals?
a)
To hide from predators
b)
to hunt for food
c)
to survive in their habitats
d)
All of these are correct
26.
An example of a physical adaptation is...
a)
a turtle hiding inside its shell
b)
The spikes on a porcupine fish
c)
a rabbit burrowing underground
d)
a viper biting when threatened
27.
Why do some animals hibernate?
a)
The cold weather makes them sleepy.
b)
Their food supply is smaller in the winter.
c)
They have no one to play with.
28.
An animal's color or pattern that helps it blend into its surroundings
a)
Environment
b)
Mimicry
c)
Camouflage
29.
Some animals move great distances as the seasons change. What is this called?
a)
hibernation
b)
migration
c)
habitat
d)
coloration
30.
Webbed Feet
a)
Behavioral
b)
Physical
31.
Wings
a)
Behavioral
b)
Physical
32.
Migration
a)
Behavioral
b)
Physical
33.
A spider spinning a web.
a)
Behavioral
b)
Physical
34.
Communication between animals
a)
Behavioral
b)
Physical
35.
A beavers sharp teeth.
a)
Physical
b)
Behavorial
36.
What is Natural Selection?
a)
survival of the strongest organisms
b)
survival of those organisms genetically best adapted to the environment
c)
elimination of the smallest organisms by the largest organisms
37.
Natural selection is when ____________ decides who survives and who doesn't
a)
nature
b)
humans
c)
animals
d)
years
38.
Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.
a)
Evolution
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Extinction
d)
Artifical Selection
39.
Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.
a)
Evolution
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Extinction
d)
Artifical Selection
40.
The theory of evolution by natural selection means that what is changing over time?
a)
The inherited traits of a population.
b)
The acquired traits of a population.
c)
Hair color and eye color
d)
Attractive features.
41.
Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?
a)
Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
b)
Because they come from dominant alleles.
c)
Because they come from recessive alleles.
d)
Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.
42.
Some lizards have different size legs. Lizards with longer legs are able to better access food. Overtime Lizards with short legs became less common.
What is the overproduction
What is the overproduction
a)
Lizards
b)
Leg Size
c)
Food
d)
Long legs
43.
Some lizards have different size legs. Lizards with longer legs are able to better access food. Overtime Lizards with short legs became less common.
what is the inherited variation?
what is the inherited variation?
a)
lizards
b)
long legs
c)
leg size
d)
food
44.
Some lizards have different size legs. Lizards with longer legs are able to better access food. Overtime Lizards with short legs became less common.
what is the struggle to survive?
what is the struggle to survive?
a)
lizards
b)
long legs
c)
food
d)
leg sizes
45.
Individuals with favorable traits survive, reproduce, and pass their traits onto their offspring. This is called
a)
Mutation
b)
Adaptation
c)
Evolution
d)
Natural Selection
46.
Brown mice survive and reproduce in their desert environment better than white mice because owls can see and eat the white mice more easily. In this situation, what is doing the selecting?
a)
Owl
b)
Desert Background
c)
Brown Mice
d)
White Mice
47.
Which of the following is a term for a group of similar organisms that can reproduce fertile offspring?
a)
individual
b)
population
c)
species
d)
fossil
48.
The disappearance of a species.
a)
Evolution
b)
Extinction
c)
Migration
d)
Mutation
49.
Group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.
a)
species
b)
gene pool
c)
population
d)
homologous structure
50.
A horse and a donkey can successfully mate to produce offspring known as a mule. Mules are sterile . Would mules be classified as a species?
a)
Yes, mules have enough of their own traits to be considered a species.
b)
Yes, the fact that have different number of chromosomes makes them a different species
c)
No, mules are too similar to the parent species
d)
No, due to their inability to reproduce successfully.
51.
The preserved remains of traces of an organisms that lived in the past
a)
Adaptation
b)
Fossil
c)
Mutation
d)
Evolution
52.
The process in which populations gradually change over time is called:
a)
Ecosystem
b)
Evolution
c)
Environment
d)
Extinct specie
53.
The most recent era in our history according to the geological time scale is:
a)
Paleozoic
b)
Precambrian
c)
Mesozoic
d)
Cenozoic
54.
Relative dating
a)
Uses the carbon dating method
b)
Gives an exact age in years
c)
Gives an aproximate age of an object by comparing it to other fossils
d)
Uses the Uranium-lead dating method
55.
A clear fish imprint in a rock indicates that the rock is probably ___.
a)
volcanic
b)
sedimentary
c)
metamorphic
d)
igneous
56.
The Geologic Time Scale begins the formation of Earth approximately ___years ago.
a)
4.6 thousand
b)
4.6 million
c)
46 million
d)
4.6 billion
57.
What did Darwin conclude about the finches on the Galapagos Islands?
a)
They evolved from a common ancestor on the mainland.
b)
They evolved from many different types of birds.
c)
They all came from different countries and continents .
d)
They developed from other types of organisms.
58.
Which of these would be considered an adaptation of an animal that lives in the snowy tundra?
a)
large webbed feet
b)
a thick coat of fur and fat
c)
green scales
d)
a diet that consists of pineapples and coconuts
59.
Describe how geologists separate time periods.
a)
by special events that have happened in that period.
b)
By looking at the Relative Time of a Fossil
c)
By counting the years a fossil has been preserved
60.
No longer and never again existing as an organism on earth
a)
fossils
b)
extinct
c)
evolution
d)
mold
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