100 Multiple choice
he timescale of evolution is…
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Can take thousands of generations for speciation |
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Can happen in a few generations |
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Can occur in the lifetime of one organism |
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All of the above |
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A and B only |
Which is the most common way that organisms are preserved in the fossil record?
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Unaltered hard parts |
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Altered hard parts |
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C. |
Unaltered soft parts |
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Which of the following is most likely to be preserved in the fossil record?
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A pelagic jellyfish |
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A worm living on land |
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An epifaunal sea cucumber |
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An infaunal clam |
Which is true about relative and absolute dating?
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Relative dating can only include sedimentary rock layers; absolute dating can be done on all rock types. |
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Relative dating is putting rocks and fossils in order of their occurrence in the record; absolute dating is assigning numerical ages to them. |
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Steno’s Laws apply to absolutely dating rocks and fossils, but not to relatively dating them. |
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Only absolute dating is useful for geology and paleontology. |
The earliest tetrapods:
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Evolved from lobe-finned fish. |
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Were characterized by only two limbs. |
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Were reptiles. |
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