Transition Fossils

Transition Fossils

8th Grade

25 Qs

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Transition Fossils

Transition Fossils

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-LS4-1, MS-LS4-2, MS-ESS1-4

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

25 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why did scientists lead by Shubin decide to search in the Canadian Arctic for transition fossils? Select all that apply.

Age of the rocks

Kind of the rock there

Other parts of the world had been explored already

The climate/weather was the best there

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What characteristics of Tiktaalik are fish-like? Select all that apply.

Fins

Neck

Scales

Flat head

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What characteristics of Tiktaalik make it a tetrapod? Select all that apply.

Eyes on the top of head

Flat head

Hip bones

A neck

Tetrapod-like ribs

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When do scientists believe Tikaalik lived?

380 MYA

375 MYA

370 MYA

365 MYA

360 MYA

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Select ALL the evidence that supports the idea that four-legged animals came from fish.

All are vertebrates

The embryos and DNA are similar

The fossil record shows relatedness

They have all the same bones

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How long did it take for vertebrates to transition from water to land?

Thousands of years

Hundreds of thousands of years

Millions of years

A billion years

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is a transition fossil?

A fossil that shows features of both ancestral and derived species

A fossil that is found in transition zones between ecosystems

A fossil that is used to date geological layers

A fossil that is incomplete or fragmented

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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