2009 Science Olympiad – Fossils
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2009 Science Olympiad – Fossils
Identify the Genus of the fossil
1. __________________________________
2. __________________________________
3. ________________________________
4. _________________________________
5. __________________________________
6. __________________________________
7. ________________________________
8. ________________________________
9. __________________________________
10. _________________________________
11. _________________________________
12. ________________________________
13.__________________________________
14. _________________________________
15.__________________________________
16-61 Fill in the Missing Information of the Fossils
Phylum
Mode of life ( i.e. Carnivore , Herbivore , ect )
Time Period
Tyrannosaurus
Mammut
Mammuthus
Dunkleosteus
Elrathia
Stegosaurus
Nummulites
Acer
Ginkgo
Equus
Lingula
Velociraptor
Halysites
Pecten
Elrathia
Match letters with Correct Method of Fossilization
Replacement
62. ______
Recrystallization
63. ______
Trace Fossils
64. ______
Molds, Casts, and Imprints
65. ______
Original Skeletal minerals are still present but in different crystal form
Things such as tracks , eggs and droppings are all examples of this method
When tissue, bones, and shells is changed into a new mineral
When Fossils is dissolved leaving a hole shaped with the organism , also mineral can fill in this hole and make a copy of the fossil
Dating Fossils using Isotopes
Put
in Order from Shortest to Longest the half-live of the fallowing Isotopes
C-14 U-235 Th-232 Ru-87 K-40 U- 238
Shortest
66. _____
67. _____
68. _____
69. _____
70. _____
71. _____
Longest
What is the Half-Life of each of the Isotopes
72.
C-14
73.
U-235
74.
Th-232
75.
Ru-87
76.
K-40
77.
U-238
Half Life Problems
______78. What percent of C-14 will remain after 4 Half-Lives?
A. 75%
B. 25%
C. 6.25%
D. 3.125%
______79. What does Potassium 40 decay to?
A. Carbon 14
B. Argon 40
C. Calcium 40
_____80. The fossil has 12.5% of C-14 remaining how old is the fossil?
A. 1,000 yrs
B. 11,460 yrs
C. 17,190 yrs
_____81. When dating fossils over 60 Million years old what Isotope should be used?
A. K-40
B. C-14
C. U-235
D. U-238
_____82.When dating a fossil which is 100 Million years old what should be used?
A. C-14
B. K-40
C. Ru-87
D. Th-232
Fill in the chart on Half-life percentages
Number of Half-Lives
Percent Remaining
83.
1
84.
2
85.
3
86.
4
87.
5
88.
6
89.
7
Index Fossils
Define Index Fossil
90. ______________________________________________________________________
_____91. Which of the Fallowing Genus’ is an Index Fossil?
A. Cryptolithus
B . Eurypterids
C . Nummulites
_____
92 .
What period could the fossil from #91 be from?
A .
Jurassic B . Carboniferous
C . Ordovician
D .
Tertiary
Match Picture with and fill in remaining Information
93 – 108
Scientific Class.
Picture _____
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Allosaurus
Scientific Class.
Picture _____
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Deinonychus
Scientific Class.
Picture_____
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Iguanodon
A.
B.
C.
Match Vertebrate with picture
Plesiosaurs
109. _____
Mosasaurs
110. _____
Triceratops
111. _____
Smilodon
112. _____
Stegosaurus
113. _____
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Random Fossil Questions
Put the following formation/events in order from OLDEST to most recent. Use the age of the fossil/formation, not when they were discovered.
A. Feathered Dinosaurs Appear
B. Pleistocene Ice Age
C. Cretaceous
Extinction
D. Permian Extinction
E. Ediacaran Fossils
F. Burgess
Shale Formation
114.
115.
116.
117.
118.
119.
_____120. Which of the following is true of a sclerotic ring?
A It is used to determine the age of a specimen.
B It is a structure that supports the non-spherical eyes of some organisms
C It is used to compare hip joints in dinosaurs and birds
D It is a reproductive structure
in egg-laying animals
121. Carbon-14 in a fossil is determined to have decayed 98% into Nitrogen-14. This sample has been decaying for more than ________ half-lives but fewer than _________ half-lives.
122. Name this fossil_______________________
123. Name the Genus______________________
124. Name the Kingdom_________________
125. How difficult was this Test? ___________________________________
Points possible 125
Total Correct _______________
Percent Correct _____________
*each question is one point
KEY
Answer
1
Dimetrodon
2
Parasaurolophus
3
Archaeopteryx
4
Coelophysis
5
Pentremites
6
Conus
7
Hydnoceras
8
Phacops
9
Archimedes
10
Hexagonaria
11
Mucrospirifer
12
Apatosaurus
13
Favosites
14
Turritella
15
Orthoceras
16-61
Phylum
Mode of life ( i.e. Carnivore, Herbivore, ect )
Time Period
Tyrannosaurus
Chordata
Carnivore
Late Cretaceous
Mammut
Chordata
Herbivore
Pliocene
Mammuthus
Chordata
Herbivore
Pliocene
Dunkleosteus
Chordata
Carnivore
Devonian
Elrathia
Arthropoda
Filter
Devonian
Stegosaurus
Chordata
Herbivore
Late Jurassic
Nummulites
Foraminifera
Filter
Tertiary
Acer
Magnoliophyta
Plant
Cretaceous (starting)
Ginkgo
Pinophyta
Plant
Jurassic
Equus
Chordata
Herbivore
Pleistocene
Lingula
Brachiopoda
Filter
Late Cretaceous
Velociraptor
Chordata
Carnivore
Halysites
Cnidaria
Filter
Ordovician
Pecten
Malluca
Filter
Istotelus
Arthropoda
filter
Devonian
62
C
63
A
64
B
65
D
66
C-14
67
U-235
68
K-40
69
U-238
70
Th232
71
Ru-87
72
5730
73
710,000,000
74
14,000,000,000
75
47,000,000,000
76
1,300,000,000
77
4,500,000,000
78
C
79
B
80
C
81
A
82
C
83
50%
84
25%
85
12.5%
86
6.25%
87
3.125%
88
1.5625%
89
.078125%
90
A fossil used knowing its age to date other fossils surrounding that fossil
91
A
92
C
93
C
94
Chordata
95
Sauropsida
96
Saurischia
97
Allosauridae
98
B
99
Chordata
100
Sauropsida
101
Saurischia
102
Dromaeosauridae
103
A
104
Animalia
105
Chordata
106
Sauropsida
107
Ornithischia
108
Iguanodontia
109
B
110
A
111
D
112
E
113
C
114
D
115
F
116
E
117
C
118
A
119
B
120
B
121
5 & 6
122
Lepidodendron
123
Ichthyosaurus
124
Animalia
125
Add one point
+ /125