IS8 - Unit 7 Test

____ are remains of life from an earlier time.

• Sedimentary rocks

• Fossils

• Variations

• Limestones

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Which of the following is NOT a fossil?

• outline of a fern found in a rock

• petrified wood in the desert

• baby mammoth found in a glacier

• old stone tools found in a cave

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Scientists can tell whether organisms are closely related by comparing their ____.

• hair color

• teeth

• DNA

• scientific names

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In undisturbed areas, older rock layers lie ____ successively younger rock layers.

• below

• above

• in between

• on top of

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____ is/are NOT a characteristic of all primates.

• Binocular vision

• A large brain

• Flexible shoulders

• Opposable thumbs

Change in the hereditary features of a type of organism over time is ____.

• growth

• biogenesis

• spontaneous generation

• evolution

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A(n) ____ is a group of organisms that look alike and can reproduce among themselves.

• species

• genus

• family

• order

when an organism blends into its environment

• camouflage

• radiometric dating

• gradualism

• variation

telling age by amount of change in a radioactive element

• camouflage

• radiometric dating

• gradualism

• variation

evolution as a slow change of one species to another

• camouflage

• radiometric dating

• gradualism

• variation

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