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Unit 1 - Force, Motion, Acceleration and Physical Quantities

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Question bank: Unit 4 — Dating Planet Earth

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1.
The Petrified Forest in Cairo indicates that the region was once:
a deep ocean
a humid forest
covered by ice
a volcano
2.
Fossils of primitive whales in Wadi Al-Hitan (Fayoum) show that the region:
was once covered by an ancient sea
was always a desert
was a forest
was frozen
3.
In an undisturbed rock sequence, fossils found in the deepest layer belong to organisms that:
appeared latest
appeared earliest
never lived
are still living
4.
A mass extinction is when:
one species dies out slowly
a huge number of species die out in a relatively short time
new species appear quickly
fossils form quickly
5.
About 66 million years ago a mass extinction wiped out about ... of all species including most dinosaurs.
5%
25%
50%
75%
6.
Which is NOT a suggested cause of mass extinction?
Meteorite impact
Massive volcanic activity
Severe climate change
Abundant food supply
7.
The closest living relative of the extinct mammoth is the:
Asian elephant
giraffe
camel
rhinoceros
8.
In an undisturbed sequence a dinosaur fossil is in a lower layer X and a mammal fossil in an upper layer Y. What can be concluded?
Mammals appeared before dinosaurs
Layer X is older than layer Y
Layer Y is older than layer X
Dinosaurs were heavier than mammals
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