SUMMATIVE EXAM

Multiple choice:
1. What type of dating method predicts the age of fossil based on the layers of rocks?
a. Nitrogen dating
b. Radioactive dating
c. Radiocarbon dating
d. Relative dating

2. What is half-life process?

a. The amount of time for an atom to release energy.
b. The amount of time for a radioactive substance to reach half its amount.
c. The amount of time for radioactive substance to emit its charged particles.
d. The amount of time for an atom to undergo absorption and emission process.

3. What type of structures refers to when organisms have parts of similar functions but of different
arrangement and origin?
a. Analogous structures
b. Homologous structures
c. Heterogeneous structures
d. Symmetrical structures

4. What kind of fossils refers to the actual remains of the organism such as teeth and bones?
a. Body fossils
b. Molecular fossils
c. Resin fossils
d. Trace fossils

5. If Fossil A is found in an upper layer of rock while Fossil B is found in a lower layer of rock. We can
infer that _____.
a. Fossil A is younger than Fossil B.
b. Fossil B is younger than Fossil A.
c. Fossil A and B have the same age.
d. Fossil A and B are of different origins.

TRUE OR FALSE:
1. Fossils are the remains of organisms that lived a long time ago.

2. Trace fossils are the actual body parts of an organism such as bones and teeth.

3. Large differences in the DNA sequence of the two species indicate they are unlikely to be related.

4. Analogous structures are body parts with the same arrangement but performs different functions.
5. Homologous structures are body parts that are different in structure but perform the same function.

Enumeration:
1 – 4. The four evidences of evolution.
5 – 6. The 2 major categories of fossils.
7 – 8. The two methods used in determining the age of a fossils.
9 – 10. The 2 structures under comparative anatomy.