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Worksheets8th Grade - Chapter 11 - 5th Edition
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 14mins
What remarkable discovery came from the examination of a thigh bone of a tyrannosaurus rex fossil in 2005?
DNA
prehistoric bacteria
soft tissues
stone arrowhead
Fossils that would show organisms in the process of evolving from one form to another are known as ____
index fossils
microfossils
transitional forms
none of these
When the population of a species begins to shrink due to having more deaths than births in a generation, it is possibly headed toward ___.
extinction
fossilization
succession
superposition
All the following statements would be acceptable to a young-earth scientist except which one?
Most fossil-bearing sedimentary rocks came from the Flood
Volcanic eruptions probably accompanied the Flood and released ash
Birds were killed and buried later in the Flood event than amphibians were
Fossils found in the same layer came from organisms from the same habitat
Which of the following shows the most likely order of development for these materials?
bituminous coal to peat to lignite
peat to bituminous coal to lignite
lignite to peat to bituminous coal
peat to lignite to bituminous coal
The collections of fossils found in asphalt traps provide a good idea of the community of organisms living around them.
true
false
The classification system used for fossils is the same one used for living organisms community today.
true
false
By studying the geologic column, secular scientists have identified two major extinction events in the last 500 million years.
true
false
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.
true
false
Lignite, bituminous coal, and anthracite are the forms of coal listed in order of increasing carbon content.
true
false
Geologists are certain that the scientific evidence supports the natural formation of petroleum from non-biological sources.
true
false
It would be a minor inconvenience to completely give up burning petroleum products to reduce the number of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere.
true
false
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