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Mo3-L1: Lesson Review Quiz (Multiple Choice)

Direction: On the line before each question, write the letter of the correct answer.

1. What can be learned about a fossil using relative-age dating?
A. its age in years
B. its age compared to other fossils
C. its age based on radioactive decay
2. What is a major cause of extinctions?
A. biological evolution
B. environmental change
C. carbonization and mineralization

Mo3-L1: Lesson Review Quiz (Matching)

Direction: On the line before each definition, write the letter of the term that matches it correctly. Each
term is used only once.

3. the impression of an organism in a rock A. cast
4. the fossil copy of an organism in a rock B. original-material fossil
5. the preserved evidence of the activity of an organism C. trace fossil
6. the preserved tissues of an organism D. mold

7. all the fossils ever discovered on Earth E. geologic time scale
8. a chart that divides Earth’s history into units F. fossil record
9. the change over time in populations of related organisms G. biological evolution

Direction: Respond to each statement on the lines provided

10. Contrast relative-age dating and absolute-age dating.

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