Lesson 6 - Fossil Evidence of Evolution

 What is made up of all the fossils ever discovered on Earth?

• Fossil record

• Trace fossils

• Geologic time scale

• Biological evolution

 

The actual plant or animal is in this type of fossil. 

• Mold fossil

• Cast Fossil

• Trace fossil

• Original Material Fossil

 What is hardened tree sap called?

• coprolites

• index fossils

• gastroliths

• amber

A fossil that is a copy of an organism's shape, formed when minerals seep into a mold.

• law of superposition

• fossil record

• cast fossil

• fault line

a hollow space in a rock that has the shape of the remains of a living thing that once occupied that space.

• mold fossil

• fossil record

• petrified fossil

• fault line

The diagram shows two different types of fossils from the same kind of ancient organism. Which labels complete the diagram?

• X: mold

  Y: cast

• X: cast

  Y: mold

• X: trace

  Y: imprint

• X: imprint

  Y: trace

Impressions such as footprints, burrows, or nests once made by living organisms

• trace fossil

• mold fossil

• true form fossil

• cast fossil

Archaeopteryx is the winged creature to show an evolutionary link between birds and reptiles. Archaeopteryx is an example of

• an index fossil

• a transitional fossil

• a coprolite

• a trace fossil

When we search close to the Earth's surface in a rock, we find____fossils is

• older

• smarter

• newer

• i have no idea

What feature of a rock can be compared to find the relative age

• age

• layers

• middle layers

• bottom layers