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Fossil evidence of evolution

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the fossil record?

a)

A notebook

b)

A design

c)

The current events and the economical state of the world currently.

d)

Something made of all the fossils ever discovered on Earth.

2.

What is a trace fossil?

a)

The preserved evidence of the activity of an organism.

b)

The ability to fly walk and climb.

c)

The way water moves.

d)

Jae Schockley

3.

An inherited trait that increases your chance of living is called a what?

a)

mimicry

b)

Natural Selection

c)

Paper

d)

Adaptation

4.

What are the types of adaptations?

a)

Structural

b)

Behavioral

c)

Camouflage

d)

Functional

5.

--------- is an adaptation that enables a species to blend in with its environment.

a)

Mimicry

b)

Camoflague

c)

Structural

d)

Natural Selection

6.

The relevance of one species to another.

a)

Variation

b)

Camoflague

c)

Mimicry

d)

Adaptation

7.

How do you determine the age on a fossil?

a)

They date the rocks the fossils are embedded in.

b)

They open the shell of the egg and cook it

c)

They have fun.

d)

They get sad.

8.

What is absolute age dating?

a)

Take advantage of radioactive decay a natural clocklike process in rocks.

b)

Hang out with friends.

c)

Go to the mall.

d)

Have fun.

9.

When does extinction occur?

a)

Elephants yell.

b)

When the last individual organism of a species dies.

c)

Where you go to walmart.

d)

Animal trips.

10.

What are gradual changes?

a)

Where you go to explore fossils.

b)

When it rains.

c)

Have fun.

d)

Changes that happen over time with tectonic plates.

11.

What are sudden changes?

a)

Changes.

b)

Changes that happen over time.

c)

Changes that happen suddenly.

d)

Breath air.