Fossils as Evidence of Evolution

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8th Grade

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Melissa Miranda

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Remains of animals can be preserved by preventing them from decaying. What substances might help preserve parts or a whole animal

tar, amber, ice

ice, carbonization, trace

rock, amber, ice

tar, carbonization, rock

Multiple Choice

A geologist finds a series of footprints of a Stegosaurus (Dinosaur) in a sedimentary rock layer. Which fossil best describes what was found?

Cast Fossils

Trace Fossils

Petrified Wood

Carbon Film

Multiple Choice

This type of fossil forms when entire organisms or parts of organisms are prevented from decaying by being trapped in rock, ice, tar, or amber.

trace

preserved or original remains

carbonized or carbon film

index

Multiple Choice

How do fossils provide evidence that evolution has happened on Earth?

Fossils show how the sizes of certain animals has changed drastically over millions of years

Fossils show that some species have gone extinct

Fossils show how life forms present today are different than those from the past

Different sedimentary rock layers provide evidence for how the environment has changed over time

Multiple Choice

This type of fossil forms when organisms or parts, like leaves, stems, flowers, fish, are pressed between layers of soft mud or clay that hardens squeezing almost all the decaying organism away leaving the carbon imprint in the rock.

trace

preserved or original remains

carbonized or carbon film

permineralized or petrified

Multiple Choice

What type of rock would you most likely find a fossil in?

Any Type of Rock

Sedimentary Rocks

Igneous Rocks

Metamorphic Rocks

Multiple Choice

As time progresses organisms become more ______________.

simple

Complex

devolved

unrecognizable

Multiple Choice

What type of fossil is a footprint?

Trace

inclusion

mold

cast

Multiple Choice

How do most fossils form?

An insect becomes trapped in amber.

An entire organism becomes frozen in ice.

A dead organism becomes buried in sediment.

A dead organism becomes buried in tar.

Multiple Choice

Index fossils must meet two criteria, they must have existed for a short period of time and ...

be few in numbers

lived for a long time

be widely distributed

be really old in age

Multiple Choice

What can scientists learn from studying the relationships between fossils?

how old all rock layers are

how life changed over time

how many relatives fossils had

Multiple Choice

If scientists found this fossil, what could they infer?

what fish are like today

that this fish lacked oxygen

that water once covered the area where this fossil was found

Multiple Choice

The millions of fossils that scientists have collected are called

The Geologic Time Scale

The Origin of Species

The Fossil Record

A really neat fossil collection

Multiple Choice

What type of fossils proved evidence of the ACTIVITIES of ancient organisms?

Trace Fossils

Mold Fossils

Cast Fossils

Inclusion Fossils

Multiple Choice

Which types of structures are most likely to be fossilized?

Soft-bodied structures, such as jellyfish or skin & hair.

Hard-bodied structure, such as teeth and bones

Both hard and soft bodied structures.

Multiple Choice

Which layer formed first?

Rock Layer W

Rock Layer X

Rock Layer Y

Rock Layer Z

Multiple Choice

Which type of fossil is this?

Mold

Cast

Preserved original remains

Trace

Multiple Choice

If you know the age of a fossil, you know the relative age of the ________________ it was found inside.

sticky tar

rock

amber

ice

Multiple Choice

According to the law of superposition, which layer is the youngest?

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