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G3: Past Life and Past Climates overview quiz - WJEC A-Level Geology quiz

14questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. Which fossil is a classic transitional form between reptiles and birds?

  2. The consistent worldwide order of appearance of groups up the column supports evolution because

  3. The largest mass extinction, removing about 90 percent of marine species, was the

  4. Which evidence points to a meteorite impact at the end-Cretaceous boundary?

  5. A major consequence of the end-Cretaceous extinction was

  6. Functional morphology is

  7. A thin, streamlined bivalve shell with a deep pallial sinus indicates

  8. Trace fossils are especially valuable for environmental reconstruction because they

  9. An assemblage of reef corals and crinoids in growth position indicates

  10. Which rock is a proxy for a hot, arid climate?

  11. Coal is a climate proxy indicating

  12. Striated, faceted clasts in a tillite indicate

  13. Oxygen isotopes in fossil shells and ice are used to estimate

  14. Glacial tillites of similar age found in India, Africa, South America and Australia provide evidence for