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Worksheets4.1: Fossil Evidence of Evolution
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 1hrs 11mins
Fossil record is made up of _________________.
All the fossils on Earth
All the fossils discovered on Earth
All the fossils found in the ocean
All the fossils found on land
The impression of an organism in a rock is called a _________.
animal rock
organism rock
mold
cast
A fossil copy of an organism in a rock is called ________
scan
copy
mold
cast
The preserved evidence of the activity of an organism is called ___________.
trace fossil
cast fossil
mold fossil
All are correct
What is this chart called?
Calendar
The Mayan Time
The calendar time scale
The geological time scale
When minerals in the water replace the organism's original material and harden in to rock and form a fossil is called ___.
Mineralization
Carbonization
trace fossils
original material
This type of fossil is formed by pressure driving off the organism's liquids and gases.
Mineralization
carbonization
trace fossils
Original material
When an insect is trapped in tree sap and later harden forms a ________ .
mineralization
carbonization
trace fossils
original material
In relative age dating, scientist uses _____________.
type of fossils found
types of rocks found in the nearby area
order of layers of rocks
order layers of living organisms
In relative dating, which later is the youngest?
top
middle
bottom
they all have the same age
How is absolute age dating determine?
by absolutely counting fingers.
by counting layers of rocks
by using radioactive decay
by using radioactive fusion
In absolute age dating, which type of rocks is best for determining the age of a fossil?
marble
igneous
diamond
all rocks are the same
What do the red circles on the picture mean?
population events
extinction events
birth events
death events
When do extinctions occur?
When the first individual specie borns
When the first individual specie dies
When the last individual specie borns
when the last individual specie dies
The change over time in the populations of the related organisms proposed by Charles Darwin is called ________.
biological evolution
chemical evolution
technology evolution
all are correct
