The Titanis Walleri Quiz

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What was the approximate height of Titanis walleri, also known as Waller's terror bird?

  • 1 meter (3.3 feet)
  • 3 meters (9.8 feet)
  • 2.5 meters (8.2 feet)
  • 1.8 meters (5.9 feet) (correct)

During which time period did Titanis walleri live?

  • 5 to 2 million years ago (correct)
  • 20 to 15 million years ago
  • 10 to 5 million years ago
  • 2 to 1 million years ago

What is necessary for the formation of a fossil?

  • High levels of oxygen
  • Rapid burial of the organism (correct)
  • Exposure to sunlight
  • Presence of living organisms

What is recorded in rock layers as part of the fossil record?

<p>Major changes to populations of organisms and environments (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What can explain the formation of a rock layer with no fossils in between rock layers with different types of fossils?

<p>Major changes to populations of organisms and environments happened (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Titanis walleri, or Waller's terror bird, was ______

<p>flightless</p> Signup and view all the answers

It could grow up to 1.8 m (5.9 feet) tall, about the same height as an adult ______

<p>human</p> Signup and view all the answers

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to analyze patterns in the fossil record to explain how life changed over ______

<p>time</p> Signup and view all the answers

Major changes to populations of organisms and environments happened in the ______

<p>past</p> Signup and view all the answers

Such events from the past are recorded in rock layers as part of the ______

<p>fossil record</p> Signup and view all the answers

Titanis walleri, or Waller's terror bird, was _______

<p>flightless</p> Signup and view all the answers

The approximate height of Titanis walleri, also known as Waller's terror bird, was _______

<p>1.8 m (5.9 feet)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Life of Titanis walleri spanned from _______

<p>about 5 to 2 million years ago</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is recorded in rock layers as part of the fossil _______

<p>record</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is necessary for the formation of a _______

<p>fossil</p> Signup and view all the answers

Titanis walleri, or Waller's terror bird, was ______.

<p>flightless</p> Signup and view all the answers

Titanis walleri could grow up to ______ tall.

<p>1.8 m (5.9 feet)</p> Signup and view all the answers

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to analyze patterns in the fossil record to explain how life changed over ______.

<p>time</p> Signup and view all the answers

Major changes to populations of organisms and environments happened in the ______.

<p>past</p> Signup and view all the answers

Such events from the past are recorded in rock layers as part of the ______.

<p>fossil record</p> Signup and view all the answers

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