WorksheetsAdaptations Lesson 1 Quiz
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 7mins
What is an example of an animal that is in the youngest layer in site 1?
dinosaur
Why do scientists use both relative and absolute dating when studying fossils?
(a)
Which rock layer in the diagram seems to be the OLDEST?
Which of the following orders the rock layers accurately from oldest to youngest?
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
5, 4, 3, 2, 1
2, 3, 4, 5, 1
1, 2, 3, 5, 4
A _____________________ is the remains or evidence of an ancient organism.
Look at the diagram, what layer did animal E first show up in?
Layers #4
Layers #5
Layers #6
Layers #8
What can fossils tell us about how life has changed on Earth?
(a)
What pattern would you look for in the fossil record to determine if an organism went extinct?
There would a lot of that fossil in one layer
That fossil shows up in the youngest layer.
That fossil shows up in every layer.
That fossil shows up in older layers but not in younger layers.
