Fossil Unit Review

Question 1

What is the scientist who studies fossils called?

Accepted Answer

Paleontologist

Question 2

This scientist made great observations leading to the Theory of Evolution.

Accepted Answer

Charles Darwin

Question 3

What is an index fossil?

Accepted Answer

a fossil that is useful for dating earth

Question 4

Early massive land form during the Paleozoic Era.

Accepted Answer

Pangea

Question 5

Organisms with traits better suited to the environment have a greater chance of survival.

Accepted Answer

natural selection

Question 6

What type of fossil leaves a pressed in shape of the animal or plant?

Accepted Answer

Mold

Question 7

Absolute age of rock is the date the rock formed.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

Evidence that supported the theory of continental drift.

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 9

Who first proposed the idea of continental drift?

Accepted Answer

Alfred Wegener

Question 10

Precambrian time began with ____________.

Accepted Answer

formation of Earth

Question 11

How are fossils formed?

Accepted Answer

organism dies, buried by sediment, turns into rock over time

Question 12

Which statement best describes the process of natural selection?

Accepted Answer

some individuals have more fit traits that help them survive

Question 13

An animal with soft body parts is more likely to fossilize?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

In what type of rock are fossils formed?

Accepted Answer

sedimentary rock

Question 15

What is the best way to describe natural selection?

Accepted Answer

survival of the best adapted

Question 16

Did you enjoy reviewing this way?

Accepted Answer

YES!

Question 17

What type of fossil records the movement such as footprints?

Accepted Answer

Trace

Question 18

What type of fossils is the actual animal or part of the animal?

Accepted Answer

Body

Question 19

What are the preserved remains of plants and animals?

Accepted Answer

fossil

Question 20

The relative dating of rocks can be used to

Accepted Answer

determine the age of rock in comparison to other rocks

Question 21

What type of fossil is created when minerals have filled the mold's shape?

Accepted Answer

Cast

Question 22

What is the law of superposition?

Accepted Answer

younger things on the top, older things on the bottom

Question 23

What are the four main types of fossils?

Accepted Answer

body, trace, mold, and cast

Question 24

What is the main purpose of the geologic time scale?

Accepted Answer

to organize the major eras of Earth's history

Fossil Unit Review

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Fossil Unit Review

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