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WorksheetsIndex Fossil
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 6mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which fossil makes the best index fossil?
a)
Fossil 1
b)
Fossil 2
c)
Fossil 3
d)
None follow all of the rules
2.
What is the best reason that fossil #4 is NOT a good index fossil?
a)
It is not widespread
b)
it is not short-lived (in numerous layers)
c)
It is in half of the outcrops
3.
Which fossil makes the best index fossil?
a)
ammonite
b)
brachiopod
c)
trilobite
d)
shark
e)
all four are good index fossils
4.
What letter would be the best example of an index fossil?
a)
X
b)
Z
c)
Y
d)
W
5.
To be considered an index fossil, it had to have lived for a relatively short period of time.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
If you found an index fossil in a layer of rock in Montana and a similar fossil in a layer of rock in Texas, you would know that:
a)
the fossils and rock layers are the same age
b)
the fossils from Montana are older
c)
the fossils from England are older
d)
none of the above
7.
How does absolute age differ from relative age?
a)
only absolute dating indicates which rock is older than another
b)
only absolute dating finds the age in years
c)
only relative dating finds the age in years
8.
Which fossil would make the best index fossil?
a)
Trilobite
b)
Ammonite
c)
Coral
d)
Crinoid
9.
Which is the best index fossil?
a)
b)
c)
d)
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