Quiz on Evolution and Fossils

What does comparative anatomy study?

• The age of rocks

• Similarities and differences among structures of living species

• Embryos at different stages

• Fossils and their traces

Which method uses Carbon-14?

• Relative dating

• Absolute dating

• Comparative anatomy

• Embryology

What can embryology show about animals?

• Their exact age

• Their common ancestry

• Their structures during early development

• Their fossil records

What is relative dating?

• Using radioactive materials to date rocks

• Estimating the age of rock by comparing rock layers

• Comparing embryos at different stages

• Studying similarities among structures

What is a fossil?

• A type of rock

• Preserved remains or traces of an organism

• A method of dating rocks

• A structure that has lost its function

What does the fossil record tell us?

• The exact age of rocks

• History of life as documented by fossils

• Similarities among living species

• Changes in rock layers over time

What is sedimentary rock?

• Rock formed from volcanic activity

• Rock formed from particles of other rocks or remains of plants and animals

• Rock used to determine the age of fossils

• Rock that shows common ancestry

What does evolution refer to?

• Structures that are similar but have different functions

• Change in a population or species over time

• Estimating the age of rocks

• Comparing embryos at different stages

What is common ancestry?

• Organisms descended from a common ancestor

• Change in a population over time

• Preserved remains of organisms

• Study of rock layers

What does embryology compare?

• Fossils and their traces

• Embryos at different stages of development

• Rock layers and their ages

• Structures that have lost their function