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Fossils test your knowlege
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A formative quiz about part of the Year 9 topic 'Dynamic Earth'
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1
Which is the oldest fossil in the 3 sections shown here?
The fan shell
The flower
The pair of shells
The starfish
2
What kind of fossil is shown being made here?
Body cast
Body mold
Permineralised fossil
Trace fossil
3
Which location has the youngest fossil?
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1 & 3
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4
The name of the single super-continent that Wegener proposed was
Gondwanna
Pangea
Atlantis
Laurasia
5
Why are fossils from land based creatures much rarer than ones from aquatic environments?
There is no sediment in water
There is limited sediment in water
Sediments are more likely to bury something quickly in water
Dead land creaturesdecay faster than those in water
6
This tree had hollow spaces in its trunk filled with dissolved minerals. What is this called?
Permineralisation
A cast
Decpomposition
A mold
7
The picture below show the distribution of some fossils once present. This implies that:
Humans introduced these animals as they migrated
These animals migrated across the oceans by swimming
Sea levels rise and fall allowing animals and plants to move
The continents were once joined
8
What can we assume about the blue stars in this diagram?
There is no relationship with there ages at all.
The middle and right ones are older
The ones on the left are younger
They are the same age
9
Which fossil is common and so can be considered and index fossil?
The hat shaped shell
The corkscrew shell
The starfish
The fan shell
10
The idea that older rocks sit at the bottom of a series of layers is called
Correlation
Stratigraphy
Uniformitarianism
Superposition