Earth Science: Sections 11A / 11B Review Questions

1.

5 points

How did fossils form? (Check all that apply!)

rapid burial

death

decay

immense heat and pressure

2.

5 points

What remarkable discovery came from the examination of a thigh bone of a "68 million-year-old" Tyrannosaurus rex fossil in 2005?

soft tissues

DNA

stone arrowhead

prehistoric bacteria

3.

5 points

Dinosaur footprints is best classified as which kind of fossil?

carbon print

microfossil

trace fossil

compression fossil

4.

5 points

______________ (last name only) developed the system used today to classify animals. (Remember that spelling counts!)

5.

5 points

Which of the following are examples of trace fossils? (Check all that apply!)

plant spores

eggshells

animal teeth

coprolites

6.

5 points

Index fossils can be used to date rock strata, which then helps date other fossils in that strata.

Evolutionist statement

Creationist statement

7.

5 points

According to the evolutionary interpretation of the fossil record, there have been _______ major extinction events during the past 500 million years.

three

four

six

five

8.

5 points

Fossils continue to form regularly today.

True

False

9.

5 points

Fossils of feathered dinosaurs show the transition of dinosaurs to birds.

Evolutionist statement

Creationist statement

10.

5 points

We cannot assume that plant and animal fossils found together in rock strata actually lived together.

Evolutionist statement

Creationist statement

11.

5 points

Petrified wood forms by a process called ______________.

12.

5 points

Animal-shaped voids found in pyroclastic tephra from the AD 79 eruption of Mt. Vesuvius would be best classified as which kind of fossil?

trace fossil

cast or mold

original material

petrified fossil

13.

5 points

Trilobites and trees that have turned to rock are best classified as which kind of fossil?

petrified fossil

cast or mold

compression fossil

original material

14.

5 points

Scientific names are made up of the organism's genus and ____________ spelled out in Latin.

15.

5 points

The study of fossils is called ________________.

16.

5 points

Coquina, a rock made from shells cemented into sedimentary rock, is best classified as which kind of fossil?

original material

cast or mold

petrified fossil

compression fossil

17.

5 points

Evolutionist call fossils that show organisms that are in the process of evolving from one form to another

index fossils

transitional forms

microfossils

stone arrowhead

18.

5 points

Who published the book "Origin of Species?"

Darwin

Linnaeus

Lyell

none of the above

19.

5 points

Fossils often appear "out of order" in the geologic column.

True

False

20.

5 points

_________ is a mineralized form of tree sap and may contain invertebrates and even some small vertebrates.