Paleobiology - Quiz
A) Study of modern wildlife preservation B) Study of space exploration C) Study of ancient life through fossils D) Study of human anatomy
A) Geologist who studies rocks B) Astronomer who studies stars C) Scientist who studies fossils D) Biologist who studies living organisms
A) Paleoclimatology B) Marine biology C) Psychology D) Astrophysics
A) Quantum Mechanics B) Newton's Laws of Motion C) Plate Tectonics D) Special Relativity
A) Mineral deposits B) Fossilized feces C) Petrified wood D) Amber fossils
A) Archaeological excavation B) Carbon footprint analysis C) Radiometric dating D) Fossil classification
A) Volcanic eruption B) Asteroid impact C) Disease outbreak D) Ice age
A) Zoology B) Paleoecology C) Botany D) Meteorology
A) Marie Curie B) Isaac Newton C) Charles Darwin D) Albert Einstein
A) Paleozoic Era B) Mesozoic Era C) Cenozoic Era D) Proterozoic Era
A) Cenozoic B) Paleozoic C) Precambrian D) Mesozoic
A) Ornithology B) Paleobotany C) Petrology D) Herpetology
A) Permian B) Jurassic C) Carboniferous D) Devonian
A) Rapid diversification of a group of organisms B) Global warming C) Proliferation of endangered species D) Loss of genetic variation
A) Fossil digestion B) Prehistoric gleaning C) Coprolite analysis D) Digestive hypothesis
A) Cast fossil B) Ichnofossil C) Petrified fossil D) Mold fossil
A) Therapsida B) Archosauria C) Pelycosauria D) Lepidosauria
A) Paleoceanography B) Acta Palaeontologica Polonica C) Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology D) PALAIOS
A) Mid-Cambrian Burgess Shale B) Apex Chert site in Pilbara Craton C) Gunflint Chert fossil site D) Bitter Springs site of the Amadeus Basin
A) Cyanobacteria and fungi-like microflora B) Finely-preserved Precambrian microflora at their Bitter Springs site C) O2-producing blue-green bacteria D) Discovery of the first Precambrian fossil cells
A) PALAIOS B) Palaeobiology II C) Historical Biology D) Biology and Geology
A) Silurian B) Devonian C) Cambrian D) Carboniferous
A) Acta Palaeontologica Polonica B) Historical Biology C) Biology and Geology D) Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
A) Laurasia B) Gondwana C) Rodinia D) Pangaea
A) Douglas H. Erwin B) Michael J. Benton C) Steve Brusatte D) Thomas Halliday
A) Ornithology B) Ichnology C) Nematology D) Virology
A) 1985 B) 1954 C) 1993 D) 1965
A) Sterkfontein B) Great Barrier Reef C) Amazon Rainforest D) Sahara Desert
A) Eurypterid B) Trilobite C) Brachiopod D) Ammonite
A) Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction B) Ordovician-Silurian extinction C) Permian-Triassic extinction D) Cambrian-Ordovician extinction
A) Thomas J. M. Schopf B) Derek E.G. Briggs C) Robert L. Carroll D) David Jablonski
A) Charles Doolittle Walcott B) Stanley A. Tyler C) Professor Charles Schuchert D) Baron Franz Nopcsa
A) Gunflint Chert B) Cryptozoon C) Chuaria D) Apex Chert
A) Studying only modern animal behavior. B) Understanding fauna, both vertebrates and invertebrates. C) Analyzing plant fossils. D) Examining geological formations.
A) Physical anthropology B) Paleoanthropology C) Ethnography D) Archaeology
A) Paleophysiology B) Paleontology C) Geobiology D) Paleoecology
A) Pteranodon B) Megalodon C) Stegosaurus D) Tiktaalik
A) Large vertebrate fossils. B) Modern ecosystems. C) The study of ancient human cultures. D) Archaea, bacteria, protists, and microscopic pollen/spores.
A) Mid-Cambrian Burgess Shale animal fossils B) Cyanobacteria and fungi-like microflora C) O2-producing blue-green bacteria D) The first Precambrian fossil cells known to science - a stromatolite reef
A) Family B) Order C) Genus D) Phylum
A) Micropaleontology B) Paleobotany C) Geobiology D) Paleobiology
A) Entomology B) Palynology C) Petrology D) Herpetology
A) Paleobiology incorporates broader ecological, evolutionary, and geological perspectives. B) Paleontology uses molecular evolution studies. C) Paleobiology is a subset of paleontology. D) Paleobiology focuses only on taxonomic classification. |
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