Question 1

Analysis of stable carbon isotopes in ________ can provide information on ancient diet.

Accepted Answer

A) shellfish food remains 
B) cloth from clothing 
C) bones and teeth 
D) wood 
A) shellfish food remains 
B) cloth from clothing 
C) bones and teeth 
D) wood

Question 2

What do studies of temperatures during the Cenozoic era suggest?

Accepted Answer

A) Temperatures have steadily increased over time. 
B) Temperatures have steadily decreased over time. 
C) Temperatures have fluctuated,sometimes greatly,over time. 
D) Temperatures have stayed basically the same over time. 
A) Temperatures have steadily increased over time. 
B) Temperatures have steadily decreased over time. 
C) Temperatures have fluctuated,sometimes greatly,over time. 
D) Temperatures have stayed basically the same over time.

Question 3

How did dating methods help to support the theory of natural selection and biological evolution over other nineteenth-century or earlier ideas?

Accepted Answer

Both relative and absolute dating method

Question 4

Which of the following sedimentary environments is most likely to destroy bone and thus contain few if any fossils?

Accepted Answer

A) a limestone cave filling rapidly with sediment in a semi-arid region 
B) acidic sediment with plenty of groundwater 
C) slowly accumulating sediment so bones remain on the surface for a long time 
D) rapidly deposited neutral (not acidic or basic)sediment such as in a rift valley 
A) a limestone cave filling rapidly with sediment in a semi-arid region 
B) acidic sediment with plenty of groundwater 
C) slowly accumulating sediment so bones remain on the surface for a long time 
D) rapidly deposited neutral (not acidic or basic)sediment such as in a rift valley

Question 5

Who was the English surveyor who developed the technique of stratigraphic correlation between regions?

Accepted Answer

A) William Smith 
B) Charles Lyell 
C) Alfred Wallace 
D) Richard Owen 
A) William Smith 
B) Charles Lyell 
C) Alfred Wallace 
D) Richard Owen

Question 6

What is the time it takes for 50% of an unstable isotope to decay to a stable form called?

Accepted Answer

A) semichron 
B) middlemorph 
C) demidose 
D) half-life 
A) semichron 
B) middlemorph 
C) demidose 
D) half-life

Question 7

If fossil species A is consistently recovered from geological deposits beneath layers containing fossil species B,then A is considered older than B.On what principle is this relative dating technique based?

Accepted Answer

A) superposition 
B) paleomagnetism 
C) fluorine analysis 
D) geolayering 
A) superposition 
B) paleomagnetism 
C) fluorine analysis 
D) geolayering

Question 8

What type of dating method is fluorine dating an example of?

Accepted Answer

A) chronometric 
B) nonrelative 
C) chemical 
D) genetic 
A) chronometric 
B) nonrelative 
C) chemical 
D) genetic

Analysis of stable carbon isotopes in ________ can provide information on ancient diet.

What do studies of temperatures during the Cenozoic era suggest?

How did dating methods help to support the theory of natural selection and biological evolution over other nineteenth-century or earlier ideas?

Which of the following sedimentary environments is most likely to destroy bone and thus contain few if any fossils?

Who was the English surveyor who developed the technique of stratigraphic correlation between regions?

What is the time it takes for 50% of an unstable isotope to decay to a stable form called?

If fossil species A is consistently recovered from geological deposits beneath layers containing fossil species B,then A is considered older than B.On what principle is this relative dating technique based?

What type of dating method is fluorine dating an example of?

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Exam 8: Fossils and Their Place in Time and Nature

Analysis of stable carbon isotopes in ________ can provide information on ancient diet.

What do studies of temperatures during the Cenozoic era suggest?

How did dating methods help to support the theory of natural selection and biological evolution over other nineteenth-century or earlier ideas?

Which of the following sedimentary environments is most likely to destroy bone and thus contain few if any fossils?

Who was the English surveyor who developed the technique of stratigraphic correlation between regions?

What is the time it takes for 50% of an unstable isotope to decay to a stable form called?

If fossil species A is consistently recovered from geological deposits beneath layers containing fossil species B,then A is considered older than B.On what principle is this relative dating technique based?

What type of dating method is fluorine dating an example of?

What Is Physical Anthropology?

Evolution: Constructing a Fundamental Scientific Theory

Genetics: Reproducing Life and Producing Variation

Genes and Their Evolution: Population Genetics

Biology in the Present: Living People

Biology in the Present: The Other Living Primates

Primate Sociality, social Behavior, and Culture

Primate Origins and Evolution: The First 50 Million Years

Early Hominin Origins and Evolution: The Roots of Humanity

The Origins and Evolution of Early Homo

The Origins,evolution,and Dispersal of Modern People

The Past 10, 000 Years: Agriculture, population, biology

Evolution: Today and Tomorrow

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