Earth Science: Sections 11A / 11B Review Questions

1.

5 points

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

compression fossil

petrified fossil

original material

cast or mold

2.

5 points

Dinosaur footprints is best classified as which kind of fossil?

carbon print

compression fossil

microfossil

trace fossil

3.

5 points

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

compression fossil

original material

cast or mold

petrified fossil

4.

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?

cast or mold

trace fossil

petrified fossil

original material

5.

5 points

Fossils continue to form regularly today.

True

False

6.

5 points

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

Evolutionist statement

Creationist statement

7.

5 points

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

Evolutionist statement

Creationist statement

8.

5 points

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

Evolutionist statement

Creationist statement

9.

5 points

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

10.

5 points

Petrified wood forms by a process called ______________.

11.

5 points

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

12.

5 points

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

13.

5 points

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

rapid burial

death

decay

immense heat and pressure

14.

5 points

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

prehistoric bacteria

stone arrowhead

DNA

soft tissues

15.

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

16.

5 points

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

eggshells

animal teeth

coprolites

plant spores

17.

5 points

Who published the book "Origin of Species?"

Darwin

Linnaeus

Lyell

none of the above

18.

5 points

The study of fossils is called ________________.

19.

5 points

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

True

False

20.

5 points

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

five

four

three

six