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8th Grade - Chapter 11 - 5th Edition

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Most fossils are
a)
dinosaurs
b)
missing links
c)
marine (ocean) organisms
d)
vertebrates
2.
Petrified wood forms by a process called
a)
casting
b)
compression
c)
carbon printing
d)
replacement
3.
Which of the following substances commonly contains fossils?
a)
amber
b)
magma
c)
liquid water
d)
all of the above
4.

What remarkable discovery came from the examination of a thigh bone of a tyrannosaurus rex fossil in 2005?

a)

DNA

b)

prehistoric bacteria

c)

soft tissues

d)

stone arrowhead

5.
What is the name for the study of fossils?
a)
archaeology
b)
paleology
c)
paleontology
d)
petrology
6.
Who developed the system used today to classify organisms?
a)
Charles Darwin
b)
Carolus Linnaeus
c)
Charles Lyell
d)
James Hutton
7.

Fossils that would show organisms in the process of evolving from one form to another are known as ____

a)

index fossils

b)

microfossils

c)

transitional forms

d)

none of these

8.

When the population of a species begins to shrink due to having more deaths than births in a generation, it is possibly headed toward ___.

a)

extinction

b)

fossilization

c)

succession

d)

superposition

9.

All the following statements would be acceptable to a young-earth scientist except which one?

a)

Most fossil-bearing sedimentary rocks came from the Flood

b)

Volcanic eruptions probably accompanied the Flood and released ash

c)

Birds were killed and buried later in the Flood event than amphibians were

d)

Fossils found in the same layer came from organisms from the same habitat

10.
Fossil fuels do not include
a)
coal
b)
hydrothermal fluids
c)
natural gas
d)
petroleum
11.
Some forms of coal have been properly classified as
a)
metamorphic rock
b)
minerals
c)
inorganic sedimentary rock
d)
all of these
12.
Nearly half of the electrical power plants in the United States use this fuel.
a)
abiogenic oil
b)
coal
c)
natural gas
d)
petroleum
13.
Which of the following is obtained by drilling?
a)
coal
b)
natural gas
c)
neither A nor B
d)
both A and B
14.

Which of the following shows the most likely order of development for these materials?

a)

bituminous coal to peat to lignite

b)

peat to bituminous coal to lignite

c)

lignite to peat to bituminous coal

d)

peat to lignite to bituminous coal

15.
It is possible for animals to become fossilized when exposed only to air.
a)
true
b)
false
16.
Fossils can be found only in sedimentary rocks.
a)
true
b)
false
17.

The collections of fossils found in asphalt traps provide a good idea of the community of organisms living around them.

a)

true

b)

false

18.

The classification system used for fossils is the same one used for living organisms community today.

a)

true

b)

false

19.

By studying the geologic column, secular scientists have identified two major extinction events in the last 500 million years.

a)

true

b)

false

20.

Flood geologists believe that it is very unlikely that collections of plants and animals and fossils in a section of rock actually represent organisms that lived together.

a)

true

b)

false

21.
Coal can be considered an organic igneous rock.
a)
true
b)
false
22.

Lignite, bituminous coal, and anthracite are the forms of coal listed in order of increasing carbon content.

a)

true

b)

false

23.

Geologists are certain that the scientific evidence supports the natural formation of petroleum from non-biological sources.

a)

true

b)

false

24.

It would be a minor inconvenience to completely give up burning petroleum products to reduce the number of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere.

a)

true

b)

false

25.
fossilized pollen grains
a)
microfossil
b)
carbon print
c)
cast or mold
d)
trace fossil
26.
fossilized trilobites that have been mineralized
a)
petrified fossil
b)
microfossil
c)
carbon print
d)
cast or mold
27.
shells compacted into rock to form coquina
a)
original materials
b)
petrified fossil
c)
microfossil
d)
carbon print
28.
a leaf film on the surface of a flat piece of slate
a)
carbon print
b)
cast or mold
c)
trace fossil
d)
original materials
29.
an insect trapped in amber
a)
original materials
b)
petrified fossil
c)
microfossil
d)
carbon print
30.
an animal-shaped cavity left in volcanic ash from an eruption
a)
cast or mold
b)
trace fossil
c)
original materials
d)
petrified fossil
31.
fossilized dinosaur eggs
a)
trace fossil
b)
original materials
c)
petrified fossil
d)
microfossil
32.
a human skeleton trapped in glacial ice
a)
original materials
b)
petrified fossil
c)
microfossil
d)
carbon print
33.
Secular scientists believe that the fossils in the La Brea Tar Pits can tell us much about the ___ that existed shortly after the Ice Age near present-day Los Angeles.
a)
climate
b)
trace
c)
decay
d)
soft
34.
A fossilized track or burrow made by an animal would be called a(n) ___ fossil.
a)
trace
b)
decay
c)
soft
d)
older
35.
Today, the carcass of a dead animal will usually disappear in a matter of weeks or months due to ___.
a)
decay
b)
soft
c)
older
d)
bird
36.
Until relatively recently, most secular paleontologists believed that fossils found in rocks could not contain ___ tissues.
a)
soft
b)
older
c)
bird
d)

worldview

37.
When simple fossils are found in rocks in lower levels, old-earth geologists assign them ages ___ than the complex fossils found in higher levels.
a)
older
b)
bird
c)

worldview

d)
crude oil
38.
If Archaeopteryx were found alive today, it would most likely be classified as a(n) ___.
a)
bird
b)

worldview

c)
crude oil
d)
oil trap
39.
Old-earth paleontologists must look for evidence of mass extinctions and biological evolution in the fossil record because their ___ requires it.
a)

worldview

b)
crude oil
c)
oil trap
d)
greenhouse
40.
Natural gas is almost always found along with ___.
a)
crude oil
b)
oil trap
c)
greenhouse
d)
climate
41.
Oil reservoirs are often found under an arched section of impermeable rock strata called a(n) ___
a)
oil trap
b)
greenhouse
c)
climate
d)
trace
42.
Carbon dioxide, a product of the combustion of fossil fuels, can trap heat in our atmosphere and as a result has been called a(n) ___ gas.
a)
greenhouse
b)
climate
c)
trace
d)
decay