Question 1

What is natural selection?

Accepted Answer

A)  the theory that all life began in shallow coastal pools of protein-rich water 
B)  the theory that all life on Earth has evolved from single-celled organisms 
C)  the idea that animals who share specialized characteristics are part of a genus 
D)  the passing on of beneficial characteristics so that the most adaptable survive 
A)  the theory that all life began in shallow coastal pools of protein-rich water 
B)  the theory that all life on Earth has evolved from single-celled organisms 
C)  the idea that animals who share specialized characteristics are part of a genus 
D)  the passing on of beneficial characteristics so that the most adaptable survive

Question 2

Which of the following circumstances is likely to preserve a fossil?

Accepted Answer

A)  Leaves from an ancient oak tree fall to the ground in a forest. 
B)  A mammoth dies from starvation in the middle of a vast dry plain. 
C)  A ground sloth walks along the edge of a river in the wet mud. 
D)  Bacteria living in the ocean die near the shoreline and sink to the bottom. 
A)  Leaves from an ancient oak tree fall to the ground in a forest. 
B)  A mammoth dies from starvation in the middle of a vast dry plain. 
C)  A ground sloth walks along the edge of a river in the wet mud. 
D)  Bacteria living in the ocean die near the shoreline and sink to the bottom.

Question 3

Which of the rocks pictured below is most likely to contain fossils? Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4

Accepted Answer

A)  Figure 1 
B)  Figure 2 
C)  Figure 3 
D)  Figure 4 
A)  Figure 1 
B)  Figure 2 
C)  Figure 3 
D)  Figure 4

Question 4

Why is the preservation potential of an organism higher if it dies in an anoxic (oxygen-poor)environment?

Accepted Answer

A)  The organism will die more quickly without oxygen. 
B)  Anoxic environments contain abundant amounts of amber. 
C)  The organism does not decay in an anoxic environment. 
D)  Oxygen decreases the rate of permineralization. 
A)  The organism will die more quickly without oxygen. 
B)  Anoxic environments contain abundant amounts of amber. 
C)  The organism does not decay in an anoxic environment. 
D)  Oxygen decreases the rate of permineralization.

Question 5

Which major kingdom would a bivalve belong to?

Accepted Answer

A)  Protista 
B)  Animalia 
C)  Plantae 
D)  Fungi 
A)  Protista 
B)  Animalia 
C)  Plantae 
D)  Fungi

What is natural selection?

Which of the following circumstances is likely to preserve a fossil?

Which of the rocks pictured below is most likely to contain fossils? Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4

Why is the preservation potential of an organism higher if it dies in an anoxic (oxygen-poor)environment?

Which major kingdom would a bivalve belong to?

The Earth in Context

The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics

Patterns in Nature: Minerals

Up From the Inferno: Magma and Igneous Rocks

The Wrath of Vulcan: Volcanic Eruptions

Pages of Earths Past: Sedimentary Rocks

Metamorphism: a Process of Change

A Violent Pulse: Earthquakes

Crags, cracks, and Crumples: Crustal Deformation and Mountain Building

Deep Time: How Old Is Old

A Biography of Earth

Riches in Rock: Energy and Mineral Resources

Unsafe Ground: Landslides and Other Mass Movements

Streams and Floods: the Geology of Running Water

Restless Realm: Oceans and Coasts

A Hidden Reserve: Groundwater

Dry Regions: the Geology of Deserts

Amazing Ice: Glaciers and Ice Ages

Global Change in the Earth System

Rock Groups

A Surface Veneer: Sediments and Soils

The Rock Cycle

The Earths Interior Revisited: Insights From Geophysics

An Introduction to Landscapes and the Hydrologic Cycle

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Exam 24: Memories of Past Life: Fossils and Evolution

What is natural selection?

Which of the following circumstances is likely to preserve a fossil?

Which of the rocks pictured below is most likely to contain fossils? Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4

Why is the preservation potential of an organism higher if it dies in an anoxic (oxygen-poor)environment?

Which major kingdom would a bivalve belong to?

The Earth in Context

The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics

Patterns in Nature: Minerals

Up From the Inferno: Magma and Igneous Rocks

The Wrath of Vulcan: Volcanic Eruptions

Pages of Earths Past: Sedimentary Rocks

Metamorphism: a Process of Change

A Violent Pulse: Earthquakes

Crags, cracks, and Crumples: Crustal Deformation and Mountain Building

Deep Time: How Old Is Old

A Biography of Earth

Riches in Rock: Energy and Mineral Resources

Unsafe Ground: Landslides and Other Mass Movements

Streams and Floods: the Geology of Running Water

Restless Realm: Oceans and Coasts

A Hidden Reserve: Groundwater

Dry Regions: the Geology of Deserts

Amazing Ice: Glaciers and Ice Ages

Global Change in the Earth System

Rock Groups

A Surface Veneer: Sediments and Soils

The Rock Cycle

The Earths Interior Revisited: Insights From Geophysics

An Introduction to Landscapes and the Hydrologic Cycle

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