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WorksheetsPaleontology
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 12mins
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Class
Date
1.
What do paleontologists study?
a)
space
b)
fossils
c)
atmosphere
d)
weather
2.
What can we learn from studying fossils?
a)
how earth's environment has changed
b)
how hurricanes form
c)
what causes earthquakes
d)
how the solar system has changed
3.
A fossil is
a)
any dead organism
b)
a copy of a rock
c)
the preserved remains or traces of an organism
d)
none of these
4.
Most fossils are formed by
a)
being preserved in amber
b)
being frozen
c)
drying out
d)
being buried in sediment
5.
How old is the Earth?
a)
6,400 year old
b)
1 million years old
c)
4.6 billion years old
d)
65 million years old
6.
According to the law of superposition, what type of organisms would a paleontologist find in the oldest layers of rock?
a)
simple
b)
complex
c)
both simple and complex
d)
ones that are alive today
7.
What does the principle of uniformatarianism say?
a)
forces that act to gradually change the Earth's surface today have acted upon the Earth's surface in the past
b)
layer's of sedimentary rocks contain many fossils
c)
older rocks are below younger rocks
d)
the Earth's continents were once joined
8.
When an organism no longer exists on Earth, we say it is
a)
preserved
b)
complex
c)
extinct
d)
fossilized
9.
A trilobite, which lived during only one era, is a good example of a(n)
a)
trace fossil
b)
complex organism
c)
intrusion
d)
index fossil
10.
The geologic time scale is a record of
a)
how quickly fossils form
b)
how dinosaurs evolved
c)
the life forms and events of Earth's history
d)
the thickness of rock layers
11.
Relative age of a rock is
a)
its exact age
b)
its age compared to the age of other rocks
c)
different from the ages of fossils found in the rock
d)
based on how much carbon 14 is in the rock
12.
Which layer is the oldest?
a)
b
b)
c
c)
d
d)
e
13.
Which layer is the youngest?
a)
d
b)
e
c)
f
d)
g
14.
How can you explain the discovery of a fossil of a tropical plant in Alaska?
a)
The fossil was taken there and buried.
b)
Alaska was once colder than it is now.
c)
Alaska was once warmer than it is now.
d)
There is no explanation.
15.
We live in which era?
a)
paleozoic
b)
mesozoic
c)
cenozoic
d)
proterozoic
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