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Quizziz Assignment 1/31

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a fossil?

a)

Fossils are preserved remains or other evidence of an ancient organism

b)

Fossils are carbon rocks that when burned increase temperatures on earth.

c)

A Fossil is a type of primary succession

d)

Fossils are the natural selection of life forms.

2.

What are Transitional fossils?

a)

A transitional fossil is any fossilized remains of a life form that exhibits traits common to both an ancestral group and its derived descendant group.

b)

A transitional fossil is any fossilized remain that does NOT exhibit traits common to both an ancestral group and its derived descendant group

c)

A transitional fossil is a type of adaption in any living organism.

d)

A transitional fossil is the result of ecological succession

3.

Why is there a fossil gap in the fossil record?

a)

because many early forms of life were soft-bodied. The soft part of organisms did not form well.

b)

Because there was constant evolution happening and not enough time to form fossils.

c)

Because the massive extinction event, caused all the bodies to disintegrate.

d)

Because bacteria, formed a symbiotic relationship with a prehistoric cell and it formed a eukaryotic cell.

4.
Correctly sequence the layers of rocks oldest to youngest 
a)
A,B,C,D
b)
D,C,B,A
5.

Which type of rock are most fossils found?

a)

sedimentary rock

b)

metamorphic rock

c)

igneous rock

d)

fossils

6.

Scientist study the ____________________ to learn about the history of life, past environments on Earth, and how different groups of organisms have changed over time.

a)

fossil record

b)

animal record

c)

historical record

d)

Earth record

7.

What can fossils tell us about the past? (check all that apply)

a)

Which organisms used to live on Earth and what they looked like

b)

How the environment has changed

c)

How organisms alive today have changed and adapted over time

d)

How to make a taco

8.
what did Charles Darwin observe in finch populations of the Galapagos Islands off the coast of South America?
a)
different species on different islands
b)
all species on one of the islands
c)
identical species on all the islands
d)
the same species as North America
9.

What is the term for a feature that allows an organism to survive better in its environemtn?

a)

variation

b)

adaptation

c)

homologous structure

d)

vestigial structure

10.
Charles Darwin came up with this theory 
a)
Natural Selection
b)
Mutation
11.
Most of the species found in fossil form are _______________. 
a)
Alive
b)
Extinct
12.
Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________
a)
increase in number
b)
become extinct