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4.1: Fossil Evidence of Evolution

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 1hrs 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Fossil record is made up of _________________.

a)

All the fossils on Earth

b)

All the fossils discovered on Earth

c)

All the fossils found in the ocean

d)

All the fossils found on land

2.

The impression of an organism in a rock is called a _________.

a)

animal rock

b)

organism rock

c)

mold

d)

cast

3.

A fossil copy of an organism in a rock is called ________

a)

scan

b)

copy

c)

mold

d)

cast

4.

The preserved evidence of the activity of an organism is called ___________.

a)

trace fossil

b)

cast fossil

c)

mold fossil

d)

All are correct

5.

What is this chart called?

a)

Calendar

b)

The Mayan Time

c)

The calendar time scale

d)

The geological time scale

6.

When minerals in the water replace the organism's original material and harden in to rock and form a fossil is called ___.

a)

Mineralization

b)

Carbonization

c)

trace fossils

d)

original material

7.

This type of fossil is formed by pressure driving off the organism's liquids and gases.

a)

Mineralization

b)

carbonization

c)

trace fossils

d)

Original material

8.

When an insect is trapped in tree sap and later harden forms a ________ .

a)

mineralization

b)

carbonization

c)

trace fossils

d)

original material

9.

In relative age dating, scientist uses _____________.

a)

type of fossils found

b)

types of rocks found in the nearby area

c)

order of layers of rocks

d)

order layers of living organisms

10.

In relative dating, which later is the youngest?

a)

top

b)

middle

c)

bottom

d)

they all have the same age

11.

How is absolute age dating determine?

a)

by absolutely counting fingers.

b)

by counting layers of rocks

c)

by using radioactive decay

d)

by using radioactive fusion

12.

In absolute age dating, which type of rocks is best for determining the age of a fossil?

a)

marble

b)

igneous

c)

diamond

d)

all rocks are the same

13.

What do the red circles on the picture mean?

a)

population events

b)

extinction events

c)

birth events

d)

death events

14.

When do extinctions occur?

a)

When the first individual specie borns

b)

When the first individual specie dies

c)

When the last individual specie borns

d)

when the last individual specie dies

15.

The change over time in the populations of the related organisms proposed by Charles Darwin is called ________.

a)

biological evolution

b)

chemical evolution

c)

technology evolution

d)

all are correct