Fossil Evidence

The Culpepper basin in Virginia, as well as some smaller basins near Richmond, have many rocks filled with fish fossils and dinosaur tracks. These rocks are MOST LIKELY

• igneous

• intrusive

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

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Preserved remains are

• Found in the lowest rock layer

• Found in the highest rock layer

• Found frozen in the ice

• turned completely into stone

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Type of fossil that forms when mold becomes filled with minerals that then harden.

• petrified fossil

• preserved remains

• cast

• mold

Gradual change of a species over time

• Heredity

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Scientific Theory

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Which fossil is relatively the oldest?

• Trilobite

• Ammonite

• Crinoid

• Gastropod

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Which rock layer in the diagram seems to be the oldest?

• F

• E

• B

• A

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Evolutionary theory predicts that related organisms will share similarities that are derived from common ancestors. Which of the following CANNOT be concluded from the fossil evidence?

• The chronological sequence in which different organisms first appeared.

• Evidence of every species that has ever existed

• Links between groups leading to various modern species

• Relation through common descent from older organisms

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José is learning about the fossil record. He knows the fossil record is the total number of fossils and their locations and that they provide information about an organism that once lived. Which of the following can José gather from studying the fossil record and its evidence?

• Similarities between past and present species

• How organisms will evolve in the future

• Every plant and animal species that has ever lived

• Origin of species and life on the planet

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Which of the following best describes how observation of the fossil record supports the theory of evolution?

• Hard parts of animals, such as bone and teeth, are much more likely to become fossilized than other parts made of soft tissue.

• The fossils found in rock layers of different ages are related to, but different from, fossils found in rock layers above and below.

• The fossil record has many more examples of organisms that lived in the water where their remains were more likely to be buried quickly.

• Close examination of fossils can reveal details and the diet, environment, and even behaviors of the organisms the fossils represent.

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Marcus and Jessica are learning what kinds of information can be gathered from the fossil record. Which of the following does NOT describe how observation of the fossil record supports the theory of evolution?

• Hard parts of animals, such as bone and teeth, are much more likely to become fossilized than other parts made of soft tissue.

• The fossils found in rock layers of different ages are related to, but different from, fossils found in rock layers about and below.

• The fossil record consists of links that provide evidence that some groups have a shared history, such as the shared history between fish and reptiles or reptiles and birds.

• A trilobite fossil shows structural similarities between modern species of the horseshoe crab, suggesting the horseshoe crab is a descendant of the trilobite.

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