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Note: This test is worth 108 points. The Geologic Time Scale Fill-Ins equal 18 points and the True-False and Multiple Choice equal
the remaining 90 points. Answers for the Geologic Time Scale Fill-In go on the test question sheet. The answers for the True-
False and Multiple Choice go on the computer answer sheet.
Multiple choice: Choose the best answer & then enter it on the scantron.
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data B. aphenomenon C. an hypothesis D. atheory — E. none of these
The best place to look for dinosaur fossils is in rocks of age deposited in environments.
metamorphic, Cenozoic, marine B. igneous, Paleozoic, marine oe sedimentary, Mesozoic, terrestrial
both A. & B. | E. none of these }
The Tyrannosaurus rex specimen known as “Sue” was bought by the Field Museum.at the University of Chicago for $ ;
8.36 B. 836 | C. 8,360 D. 83,600 - \B 8.36 million
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Pterosaur B. Pleisiosaur C. Human D. both A. & B. E. -all of these
Both dinosaurs and humans belong to the clade |
A. Chordata B. Amniota | D. Therapsida E. all of these
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\D A. Thyreophora B. | Theropoda C. Sauropodomorpha D. Omnithopoda E. Marginocephalia
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on A. Charles Dickens \B. Charles L. Knight { Gregory Paul \o) both B.andC. E. Edgar Rice Burroughs
: True-False: | Indicate on the scantron whether each statement is true (A/1) or false (B/2).
8. Of the choices below, “A” is a dinosaur.
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9. a Cladistics is based on synapomorphies, that is, shared, evolutionarily derived (new or novel) anatomical characteristics, and with
organisms placed within clades
10. © The cast of the foot print of a small theropod dinosaur that is at the front of the room is an example of a body fossil.
11. “T Movement of sun in the sky is a fact, but the interpretation of that fact has changed over time.
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12. The most common outcome of hypothesis testing is complete rejection of the hypothesis.
13. “| The discovery of Archaeopteryx two years after publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural
Selection, in which he predicted such transitional forms between major taxa, was a most effective and powerful confirmation of his
hypothesis.
14. “\ When creationists say that biological evolution, which is the integrated concept in biological science, is “just a theory,” implying
that it is really “just a guess,” shows considerable ignorance or deliberate misrepresentation of what constitutes a theory in science.
15. += Hypotheses can be proved by scientific methods.
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GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE (18 points — 0.5 points each)
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The CeEN0US Stage occurs during the Early Cretaceous Epoch.
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PHANEROZOIC ERA, (2) in the column labeled ERAS with the names of the PHANEROZOIC ERAS, and (3) in the column
labeled PERIODS with the names of the PHANEROZOIC PERIODS (blank #22 below is the name of a period; do not fill it in
with “Phanerozoic”). Youngest ages, eras & periods should be at the top, and oldest ages, eras & periods at the bottom.
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