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Science Ch 2 Test Review

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

One thing scientists cannot learn from a fossil is an animal's ________.

a)

diet

b)

body shape and size

c)

behavior

d)

outward appearance

2.

The process of removing a fossil from the rock and other materials around it is called ________.

a)

excavation

b)

extinction

c)

evolution

d)

decomposition

3.

When the last of a certain plant or animal dies, ________ occurs.

a)

excavation

b)

extinction

c)

evolution

d)

decomposition

4.

People who believe that God created the earth and all forms of life in six days are called _____________.

a)

geologists

b)

Creationists

c)

evolutionists

d)

paleontologists

5.

People who believe that life on the earth evolved are called ___________.

a)

geologists

b)

Creationists

c)

evolutionists

d)

paleontologists

6.

The scientific study of fossils is called ___________.

a)

geology

b)

creation

c)

evolution

d)

paleontology

7.

Permanently frozen soil is called amber

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Fossils have been preserved in tar, ice, amber, and sedimentary rock.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The fossil record provides clear evidence of a worldwide Flood.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Dinosaur bones have been found only in the eastern parts of the earth.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

People draw conclusions about fossils based on what they believe about how the earth began.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Dinosaurs and man lived on the earth at the same time.

a)

Creationists

b)

evolutionists

13.

The earth came into being simply by chance.

a)

Creationists

b)

evolutionists

14.

Genesis 1 explains the true origin of the earth.

a)

Creationists

b)

evolutionists

15.

The layers of rock represent geologic ages, or long time periods.

a)

Creationists

b)

evolutionists

16.

Most animals outside of the ark were destroyed by the Flood.

a)

Creationists

b)

evolutionists

17.

Life on the earth has developed gradually over millions of years.

a)

Creationists

b)

evolutionists

18.

The age of a fossil is known by looking at the layer of rock that it is in.

a)

Creationists

b)

evolutionists

19.

The global Flood described in Genesis accounts for the formation of most fossils.

a)

Creationists

b)

evolutionists

20.

The earth is only thousands of years old.

a)

Creationists

b)

evolutionists

21.

Any part or trace of a living organism that is naturally preserved after it dies is called a ________

a)

fossil

b)

mold

c)

dinosaur

d)

bird

22.

A fossil that is not an actual part of an organism but of something that was left behind, such as a footprint, is a __________ fossil

a)

fossil

b)

Stegasaurus

c)

trace

d)

mold

23.

When bone or wood is replaced by minerals that harden into rock, a _________ fossil forms.

a)

mold

b)

petrified

c)

dinosaur

d)

trace