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Chapter 14 Biology 2019

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of fossil is this?

a)

Mold fossil

b)

Cast fossil

c)

True Form fossil

d)

Trace Fossil

2.

What kind of fossil is this?

a)

Mold Fossil

b)

Cast Fossil

c)

True Form Fossil

d)

Trace Fossil

3.

What kind of fossils are these?

a)

Mold fossils

b)

Cast fossils

c)

True Form fossils

d)

Trace fossils

4.

What kind of fossil is this?

a)

Mold fossil

b)

Cast fossil

c)

True Form fossil

d)

Trace fossil

5.

This kind of fossil leaves behind evidence of an animal's behavior or activity.

a)

Mold fossil

b)

Cast fossil

c)

Trace fossil

d)

True Form fossil

6.

Footprints, nests, and eggs are all examples of what kind of fossils?

a)

Mold fossil

b)

Cast fossil

c)

Trace fossil

d)

True Form fossil

7.

What can NOT become a fossil?

a)

plants

b)

animals

c)

soft body parts

d)

rocks

8.

A mold fossil is

a)

evidence of animal's behavior such a footprints or nests

b)

the positive image of a fossil that was formed by sediments and minerals

c)

the entire preserved organism

d)

the impression of the animal or plant left after it decomposed

9.

What do fossils teach us about?

a)

Everything we need to know about a plant or animal.

b)

They teach us about the past and the environment.

c)

Everything single living thing will become a fossil when it dies.

d)

That wooly mammoths are not extinct.

10.

What could you NOT conclude by looking at this dinosaur fossil?

a)

It has sharp teeth so it probably ate meat.

b)

It had long legs so it probably ran fast.

c)

It had a long tail which it probably used for defense.

d)

It had claws so it was probably a great swimmer.

11.
Which layer is oldest?
a)
A
b)
W
c)
G
d)
Z
12.
In which kind of rock do we usually find a fossil?
a)
sedimentary  rock
b)
rock candy
c)
hard rock
13.
How old do Paleontologists believe the Earth is?
a)
2015 years old
b)
3.6 billion years old
c)
4.6 billion years old
d)
4.6 million years old
14.
The era that dinosaurs ruled the Earth's land, air and oceans.
a)
Cenozoic
b)
Paleozoic
c)
Precambrian
d)
Mesozoic
15.
What is a fossil?
a)
the remains or physical evidence of an organism preserved by geologic processes
b)
fossils can be preserved in rock, amber, asphalt, or ice
c)
any naturally preserved evidence of animal activity
d)
fossil of an organism that lived during a relatively short period of time
16.
According to the law of superposition, the oldest fossils are found 
a)
At the top of the rock layers
b)
Near the bottom of the rock layers
c)
In the middle of the rock layers
d)
Somewhat near the surface
17.
This type of fossil is a stone "copy"....also called petrification.
a)
preserved remains
b)
mineral replacement
c)
cast
d)
mold
18.
This type of fossil would include nests, eggs, feces, and footprints. 
a)
cast
b)
mold
c)
preserved remains
d)
trace
19.
What type of fossil is a mummy?
a)
mold
b)
cast
c)
mineral replacement
d)
preserved remains
20.
This is a picture of a petrified forest.  Where tree trunks literally were turned to stone.  What type of fossil are these?
a)
mineral replacements
b)
trace fossils
c)
preserved remains
d)
mold fossils
21.
True or False...All living things that die become fossils.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
Which item below would INCREASE the chances of making a fossil?
a)
Soft body parts
b)
Buried Right Away
c)
Left Exposed
d)
Lots of Scavenger Activity
23.
Relative dating determines the...
a)
precise age of fossils
b)
age of fossils compared to others
c)
climate fossils survived in
d)
movement of continents
24.
Analyze the seashell found in the white layer.  Which statement is true of the rock layer that contains this fossil?
a)
It could also contain a fossil from the bottom layer.
b)
It is older than the layers below it.
c)
It is younger than the layers above it.
d)
It is older than the layers above it.
25.
Which of the following is the oldest?
a)
Layer L
b)
Intrusion D
c)
Intrusion H
d)
Layer E
26.
Which of the following correctly lists the layers in order from oldest to youngest?
a)
A, B, C, D, E
b)
E, B, C, D, A
c)
E, D, C, B, A
d)
C, B, A, D, E
27.
Geologists use radioactive dating to determine THE ABSOLUTE AGE OF ROCKS.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
An element that has broken down and released particles and energy is said to be _______________.
a)
radioactive
b)
subatomic
29.
_______________is the method of determining the absolute ages of rocks.
a)
radioactive dating
b)
carbon-14 dating
30.
What is radio active decay?
a)
The preserved remains of an organism.
b)
Atoms in an unstable element break down to form another element.
c)
When things die and their remains are buried.
d)
The time it takes for 1/2 of the radioactive atoms to decay in an element.
31.
The original radioisotope has a mass of 10g. After 2 days, 5g are left. What is the half-life?
a)
1 Day
b)
2 Days
c)
3 Days
d)
4 Days
32.
 A sample has only 20g left after 3 half-lives. How much was there to start with?
a)
40g
b)
80g
c)
160g
d)
5g
33.

This scientist showed that that flies breed and lay eggs and do not, as was popularly believed, spontaneously generate.

a)

Virchow

b)

Chargaff

c)

Redi

d)

Avery

34.

What is the idea that life can arise form nonliving material?

a)

biogenesis

b)

evolution

c)

spontaneous combustion

d)

spontaneous generation

35.

This scientist used broth to show that bacteria does not arise from spontaneous generation.

a)

Francesco Redi

b)

Virchow

c)

Einstein

d)

Louis Pasteur

36.

Why did Redi cover the jars with gauze?

a)

To prove that the meat did not make the maggots

b)

To prove the maggots did not come from the air

c)

Both A and B

d)

Neither A or B

37.
For generations, people believed in "spontaneous generation."  Spontaneous generation is the idea that . . . . 
a)
..... all living things are made of cells
b)
... all cells come from other cells.
c)
living things could "generate" from non-living matter. 
d)
cells are the basic unit of structure and function
38.

Pasteur's experiment consisted in

a)

6 flasks with rotten meat

b)

2 flasks with swan neck

c)

2 flasks, one with straight neck and the other with a swan neck

d)

6 flasks with meat

39.

Pasteur confirmed that

a)

Life appears spontaneously

b)

Life appears from inorganic molecules

c)

Life appears from organic molecules

d)

Life appears from life

40.

Milley and Urey experiment consisted in

a)

Water, organic molecules and energy

b)

Water, inorganic molecules and energy

c)

Meat in flasks

d)

A soup heated

41.

Oparin and Haldane designed an experiment

a)

Based on meat and flasks

b)

Based on soup and two different flasks (straight and swan neck)

c)

Recreating the conditions of the early earth

d)

They didn't design an experiment

42.

This image shows

a)

Pasteur's experiment

b)

Redi's experiment

c)

Oparin and Haldane's experiment

d)

Miller and Urey's experiment

43.

The gases found on the early earth were

a)

NH3; CH4; H2O and O2

b)

NH3; CH4; H2O and H2

c)

NH3; O2; H2O and H2

d)

NH3; H2; CH4 and CHON

44.
Which scientists said that biological molecules came from the sea and stimulated by lightening?
a)
Darwin
b)
Cech and Altman
c)
Miller and Urey
d)
Oparin and Haldane
45.
What were PRODUCTS of Miller and Urey's experiment?
a)
amino acids and fatty acids
b)
fatty acids, ammonia, water
c)
water, lightening and methane
d)
water, ammonia, methane

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