Earth Science: Sections 11A / 11B Review Questions

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Coquina, a rock made from shells cemented into sedimentary rock, is best classified as which kind of fossil?
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Dinosaur footprints is best classified as which kind of fossil?
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Trilobites and trees that have turned to rock are best classified as which kind of fossil?
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Animal-shaped voids found in pyroclastic tephra from the AD 79 eruption of Mt. Vesuvius would be best classified as which kind of fossil?
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Fossils continue to form regularly today.
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We cannot assume that plant and animal fossils found together in rock strata actually lived together.
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Index fossils can be used to date rock strata, which then helps date other fossils in that strata.
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Fossils of feathered dinosaurs show the transition of dinosaurs to birds.
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______________ (last name only) developed the system used today to classify animals. (Remember that spelling counts!)
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Petrified wood forms by a process called ______________.
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_________ is a mineralized form of tree sap and may contain invertebrates and even some small vertebrates.
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Scientific names are made up of the organism's genus and ____________ spelled out in Latin.
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How did fossils form? (Check all that apply!)
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What remarkable discovery came from the examination of a thigh bone of a "68 million-year-old" Tyrannosaurus rex fossil in 2005?
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Evolutionist call fossils that show organisms that are in the process of evolving from one form to another
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Which of the following are examples of trace fossils? (Check all that apply!)
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Who published the book "Origin of Species?"
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The study of fossils is called ________________.
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Fossils often appear "out of order" in the geologic column.
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According to the evolutionary interpretation of the fossil record, there have been _______ major extinction events during the past 500 million years.