Paleontology Review Game

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Paleontology Review Game

• Ready your remote!!

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Groups of 3 please Sit quietly and wait for
directions
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Please select a Team.

1. Team 1
2. Team 2
3. Team 3
4. Team 4
5. Team 5
6. Team 6
7. Team 7
8. Team 8
9. Team9
10. Team 10

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1.) Which type of fossil is shown to the right?

1. Carbon film
2. Mold
3. Cast
4. Trace fossil
5. Original remains
6. Permineralized remains

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2.) Which Layer of Rock is the OLDEST?

1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. E
6. F
7. G

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3.) Which Layer of Rock is the YOUNGEST?

1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. E
6. F
7. G

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4.) Which Layer of Rock is the third youngest?

1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. E
6. F
7. G

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5.) Why are index fossils useful to geologists?

1. They tell the absolute of the rock.
2. They tell the ages of MANY rock layers in
   different locations
3. They tell how the fossil was formed.
4. They tell the EXACT age of the entire rock layer.

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6.) Which is the correct sequence of events?
(oldest first)

1. H, M, R
2. M, B, R
3. I, H, M
4. I, M, H
5. R, F, B

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7.) What is meant by the relative age of a fossil?

1. Its age compared to other rocks or fossils.
2. The number of years since it formed.
3. Its age as determined by carbon dating.
4. Its age as determined by the radioisotopes it
   contains.

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8.) How do most fossils form?

1. The hard parts of an organism dry out in the air.
2. The soft parts of an organism harden and turn to
   stone.
3. An organism is buried by lava flows and encased
   in rock.
4. An organism dies and its remains are buried by
   sediments.

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Rock E would be an example of what cross-cut?

1. Fault
2. Fold
3. Intrusion
4. Extrusion
5. Unconformity

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The dinosaur tracks shown in this picture, would
be what type of fossil?

1. Index fossil
2. Mold
3. Cast
4. Trace fossil
5. Carbon film
6. Permineralized remains

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Determining the absolute age of a sample based on
the ratio of the parent to the daughter is called
what?

1. Hypothetical dating
2. Relative dating
3. Radiometric dating
4. Organic dating

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Radioactive dating works best with which type of
rock?

1. Sedimentary rock
2. Metamorphic rock
3. Igneous rock
4. Fossilized rock

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Determining whether an object is older or younger
than other objects is called what?

1. Relative dating
2. Absolute dating
3. Radiometric dating
4. Gradualism

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Radioactive dating enables geologists to
determine which of the following?

1. Relative ages of rock
2. Absolute ages of rocks
3. Ages of the atoms in rocks
4. Half-life of an organism

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What percentage of your current points would you
like to wager on the next question?

1. 0
2. 25
3. 50
4. 75
5. 100

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A rock is found containing 50 nanograms of U-235
and 430 ng of Lead-207. Approximate how old
would the rock be dated? (Half-life of U-235
704 m.y.)

1. 704 million years
2. 1.4 billion years
3. 2.4 billion years
4. 3.0 billion years

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ThePaleontologyReview Game

• is now officially over!!