Unearth Your Paleontology Knowledge

Which of the following is NOT a factor that can affect fossil preservation?

Which of the following is NOT one of the three domains of life?

Which of the following is the fundamental unit of classification?

Which geologic time period is the earliest confirmed evidence of life from?

What event led to the evolution of iron bacteria in the oceans and the release of oxygen?

During which period did the first land plants sprout and cause an ice age?

Which period saw the rise of coal swamps and the preservation of woody trees as coal seams?

Which period saw the emergence of the first reptiles and the end of the Permian extinction event?

During which periods did the supercontinent Pangaea form and the first mammals evolve?

Which types of dinosaurs evolved during the Triassic and Jurassic periods?

What are some theories about how life began?

What is the name of the oldest natural human mummy found in the Alps?

What major time periods are included in the Geologic Time Scale?

What is paleontology and what does it study?

What are the different types of fossilisation mentioned in the text?

What are the key points covered in the lecture on fossilisation and the geologic time scale?

What are the two types of fossilisation mentioned in the text?

What are the four types of fossils mentioned in the text?

What are some factors that can affect fossil preservation?

What are the six kingdoms in biological classification?

What event marked the end of the Ordovician and the beginning of the Silurian period?

During which period did the Cambrian explosion occur?

During which geological period did the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event (GOBE) occur and what were the key changes in the environment during this time?

What were the factors that may have contributed to the emergence of hard-bodied organisms during the Cambrian explosion?

What evidence of complex multicellular life is provided by the Ediacaran fauna preserved in sandstones in South Australia?