Unit E - Review

Scientists estimate the age of the Earth to be about 4.6 billion years old, using evidence and theories. Then they construct a model of what the Earth is composed of. A model is based on what is...

• known

• inferred

• observed

• proven

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Scientists have inferred that there might be some relationship between dinosaurs and birds from some of the Archaeopteryx fossils they discovered a few impressions of...

• wings

• feathers

• webbed feet

• hollow bones

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In the Geologic Time Scale, dinosaurs ruled the land and then became extinct during this era.

• Precambrian

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

• Cenozoic

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The general time periods that organize the history of the Earth are called...

• eras

• periods

• years

• centuries

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The preserved remains of many soft tissue species have been located in the Burgess Shale Fossil beds, located in Yoho National Park, British Columbia. These fossils are usually the remains of...

• producers and herbivores

• herbivores and consumers

• consumers and decomposers

• decomposers and scavengers

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Layers of sedimentary rock stay in their original position, with the newest layers on the top and the older layers on the bottom. These layers of rock are called...

• indexing

• parent rock

• rock strata

• superimposed

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The process that takes thousands of years and can only happen under certain conditions is called fossilization. The most common fossils found are...

• plants

• worms

• jellyfish

• vertebrates

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There is more than one way for living organisms to become fossilized. A cavity or track that was left behind by a living organism - providing evidence that it existed, is a type of fossil called a...

• cavity fossil

• evidence fossil

• trace fossil

• track fossil

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Trilobites are one of the most famous groups of fossils. They are not extinct. They lived in...

• Gobi Desert

• Antarctic Tundra

• Fresh Water Lakes

• Warm Ocean Water

The downfold in the rock that is folded when pressure is placed on it is called...

• compression

• fault break

• anticline

• syncline