WorksheetsQuizziz Assignment 1/31
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
What is a fossil?
Fossils are preserved remains or other evidence of an ancient organism
Fossils are carbon rocks that when burned increase temperatures on earth.
A Fossil is a type of primary succession
Fossils are the natural selection of life forms.
What are Transitional fossils?
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.
A transitional fossil is any fossilized remain that does NOT exhibit traits common to both an ancestral group and its derived descendant group
A transitional fossil is a type of adaption in any living organism.
A transitional fossil is the result of ecological succession
Why is there a fossil gap in the fossil record?
because many early forms of life were soft-bodied. The soft part of organisms did not form well.
Because there was constant evolution happening and not enough time to form fossils.
Because the massive extinction event, caused all the bodies to disintegrate.
Because bacteria, formed a symbiotic relationship with a prehistoric cell and it formed a eukaryotic cell.
Which type of rock are most fossils found?
sedimentary rock
metamorphic rock
igneous rock
fossils
Scientist study the ____________________ to learn about the history of life, past environments on Earth, and how different groups of organisms have changed over time.
fossil record
animal record
historical record
Earth record
What can fossils tell us about the past? (check all that apply)
Which organisms used to live on Earth and what they looked like
How the environment has changed
How organisms alive today have changed and adapted over time
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What is the term for a feature that allows an organism to survive better in its environemtn?
variation
adaptation
homologous structure
vestigial structure
