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Taphonomy and Fossil Preservation

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for the study of the processes that lead to the preservation of organic remains as fossils?

  1. Paleontology
  2. Taphonomy
  3. Stratigraphy
  4. Sedimentology
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What are the three main stages of taphonomy?

  1. Deposition, Diagenesis, and Lithification
  2. Weathering, Erosion, and Transportation
  3. Burial, Compaction, and Cementation
  4. Permineralization, Carbonization, and Recrystallization
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the process by which organic remains are buried in sediment?

  1. Deposition
  2. Diagenesis
  3. Lithification
  4. Permineralization
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the process by which organic remains are chemically altered by groundwater?

  1. Deposition
  2. Diagenesis
  3. Lithification
  4. Permineralization
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the process by which sediment is converted into rock?

  1. Deposition
  2. Diagenesis
  3. Lithification
  4. Permineralization
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the process by which organic remains are replaced by minerals?

  1. Deposition
  2. Diagenesis
  3. Lithification
  4. Permineralization
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for the process by which organic remains are converted into carbon?

  1. Carbonization
  2. Permineralization
  3. Recrystallization
  4. Silicification
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for the process by which organic remains are converted into silica?

  1. Carbonization
  2. Permineralization
  3. Recrystallization
  4. Silicification
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for the process by which organic remains are converted into a crystalline form?

  1. Carbonization
  2. Permineralization
  3. Recrystallization
  4. Silicification
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What are the two main types of fossil preservation?

  1. Permineralization and Carbonization
  2. Recrystallization and Silicification
  3. Mold and Cast
  4. Trace and Body Fossil
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is a mold fossil?

  1. A negative impression of an organism in sediment
  2. A positive impression of an organism in sediment
  3. A three-dimensional representation of an organism
  4. A trace fossil
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is a cast fossil?

  1. A negative impression of an organism in sediment
  2. A positive impression of an organism in sediment
  3. A three-dimensional representation of an organism
  4. A trace fossil
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is a trace fossil?

  1. A negative impression of an organism in sediment
  2. A positive impression of an organism in sediment
  3. A three-dimensional representation of an organism
  4. A fossil that records the activity of an organism
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is a body fossil?

  1. A negative impression of an organism in sediment
  2. A positive impression of an organism in sediment
  3. A three-dimensional representation of an organism
  4. A fossil that preserves the remains of an organism
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What are the three main factors that affect the preservation of organic remains?

  1. The type of organism
  2. The environment in which the organism lived
  3. The geological processes that occurred after the organism died
  4. All of the above
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