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A review Quiz! for Geologic Timescale and Fossils
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1
What is an index fossil?
Is a directory of all the fossils in a particular rock layer
Only appears in one layer from one time period
Only exists in one layer from multiple time periods
Is a fossil that is the best example of a species
2
Which does not support the idea that dinosaurs are warm blooded?
Dinosaurs lived in some very cold places
Crocodiles have a four chambered heart and are cold blooded
Dinosaurs have honeycomb structured holes in their bones
Birds are warm blooded
3
Which is evidence that dinosaurs hunted in packs?
Deinonychus had sharp teeth
Tenontosauri were notoriously slow
Raptors' speed and agility
Four fossilized raptors found killed near a downed dinosaur
4
Which is an event from Precambrian Time?
Multicellular Organisms Appear
Modern Humans Appear
Winged Insects Appear
Dinosaurs Dominate
5
What is the Name of this Organism?
Dinosaur
Brachiopod
Ammonite
Trilobite
6
What is the order of layers at site 2 from oldest to youngest?
W, X, Y, V, Z
W, X, Y, Z, V
V, W, X, Y, Z
W, V, X, Y, Z
7
How old is Earth?
4.6 thousand years
4.6 billion years
4.6 trillion years
4.6 million years
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What is the Name of this Organism?
Trilobite
Dinosaur
Brachiopod
Ammonite
9
Which does not support the idea that dinosaurs were cold blooded?
They were big and could migrate
They were big and could hold a lot of heat
Honeycomb bone structure
Crocodiles have a 4 chambered heart
10
What do scientists use to determine the end of one time period and the beginning of another?
Corporate Sponsorship
Minor Happenings Like One New Species
Major Events Like A Mass Extinction
Arbitrary Lines
11
What is the big difference between dinosaur leg design versus other reptiles?
Dinosaur legs are completely different
Dinosaurs legs are more upright
Dinosaur legs are more squatty
Dinosaur legs have different bones
12
How were dinosaurs similar to today's reptiles?
Had scales
Some walked upright
Some eat from treetops
Some of the largest land animals
13
What did the Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) Extinction cause to go extinct?
Archaeopteryx
Many Marine Invertebrates
Dinosaurs
Giant Sloths
14
How do we know dinosaurs moved in herds?
Fossilized bone pit of a herd of dinosaurs
Cave drawings of dinosaur group activities
Dinosaurs did not move in herds
First hand accounts from dinosaur ranchers
15
An Intrusion is _______ than the rock layers it touches
warmer
older
stronger
younger
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What is the Name of this Organism?
Dinosaur
Trilobite
Brachiopod
Ammonite
17
Where are most of the events along the geologic timeline?
Clustered around modern times
In the Middle
At the beginning
Evenly distributed
18
Which is not a period from the Mesozoic era?
Cretaceous
Permian
Triassic
Jurassic
19
Why are there no fossils in layers C or E?
Nothing died during this time
They were burned up
There was an extinction
This is an instrusion
20
What is a fossil?
Statues designed by humans of imaginary creatures
Preserved remains or traces of organisms from the past
Very old things like a Model T Ford or a cassette tape
Rocks that look like plants or animals
21
What has been used to determine what dinosaurs ate?
Dinosaur landfills
Dinosaur meal plans
Dinosaur skin samples
Fossilized Dinosaur teeth
22
What is the current geologic era called?
Precambrian
Mesozoic
Cenozoic
Paleozoic
23
What is some evidence that dinosaurs may have nurtured their young?
Accounts of a dinosaur baby shower
Crushed egg shell fossils
Dinosaurs did not nurture their young
Fossilized dinosaur care packages
24
What are intrusions made of?
Hardened Magma
Transformed Rock
Detritus
Stratified Sediment
25
Which is an event from Paleozoic Era?
Winged Insects Appear
Dinosaurs Dominate
Modern Humans Appear
Multicellular Organisms Appear
26
What type of rocks do you generally find fossils in?
Igneous
Minerals
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
27
What is the principle of superposition?
Rocks on bottom are older; rocks on top are younger
Rocks on bottom have fossils; rocks on top do not
Rocks on bottom are younger; rocks on top are older
Rocks on bottom are igneous; rocks on top are sedimentary
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What has been used to determine how fast dinosaurs moved?
Dinosaur Races
Video Evidence
Fully preserved dinosaur feet
Trace fossils
29
What is the Name of this Organism?
Dinosaur
Trilobite
Brachiopod
Ammonite
30
What did the Permo-Triassic Extinction cause to go extinct?
Giant Sloths
Dinosaurs
Many Marine Invertebrates
Archaeopteryx
31
Which is an event from Cenozoic Era?
Dinosaurs Dominate
Winged Insects Appear
Multicellular Organisms Appear
Modern Humans Appear
32
What is the process that prevents an organism from decomposing called?
Motivation
Lamentation
Preservation
Restoration
33
What type of environment existed during the deposition of layers A & B?
Desert
Glacial
Marine
Terrestrial
34
What has to happen to prevent organisms from decomposing so they can fossilize?
They must be cold
Covered in sediment
Exposed to the elements
They must be warm
35
Why did the Cambrian Explosion 544 million years ago happen?
Abundance of heat and pressure
Abundance of plants and oxygen
Abundance of Water
Abundance of carbon dioxide and nitrogen
36
What kinds of things can become a fossil?
Anything
Only inorganic things
Things that were once alive
Plastics
37
What type of environment did Oklahoma possess during the Paleozoic Era?
Subterranean
Aerial
Terrestrial
Marine
38
What type of fossilization process is this?
Trace Fossil
Petrification
Mold and Cast
Original Remains
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Which is an event from Mesozoic Era?
Winged Insects Appear
Multicellular Organisms Appear
Dinosaurs Dominate
Modern Humans Appear
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How does petrification work?
Water evaporates leaving minerals behind
Animals step in soft substrate leaving footprints
Fossil imprints harden
Organism leaves a print of its outline in carbon
