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Fossilization - class-X

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Which of the following isotopes is used for finding the fossil age maximum about $35,0000$ years?

  1. $^{238}U$

  2. $^{14}C$

  3. $^{3}H$

  4. ${206}Pb$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Half life of carbon-14 is approx. 5730 years, hence it can be used to determine the age of fossil upto 70,000 years.
Half life of U-238 is 4.5 billion years .
So, the correct option is '238U'

Which statement is correct?

  1. Lamarck theory - Struggle for existence

  2. Darwin theory - Use and disuse of organ

  3. Biogentic law - Recapitulation theory

  4. Lamarck theory - Theory of continuity of germplasm


Correct Option: C

Few fossils of man like bones have been discovered in Ethiopia and Tanzania about 2 - 4mya, they were probably not taller than 4 feet but walked up right. It is related with:

  1. Ramapithecus.

  2. Australopithecus.

  3. Dryopithecus.

  4. Homo habilis.


Correct Option: B

Read the following statements about fossilization:
(i) Animals and plants get fossilised and preserved in volcanic ash.

(ii) Replacement of organic parts by mineral decomposition is called Petrification which occurs only of hard parts, e.g. bones.

(iii) Casts are prints of leaves, stem, etc in soft mud which become fossilised.

(iv) Fossils present in the upper strata of earth are older than those present in lower strata. Of the above statements:

  1. (i) and (ii) are incorrect.

  2. (ii), (iii) and (iv) are incorrect.

  3. (ii) and (iv) are correct.

  4. (iii) and (iv) are incorrect.


Correct Option: D

Which of these is not a living fossil?

  1. Archaeopteryx

  2. Duck-billed platypus

  3. Lungfish

  4. Frog


Correct Option: A

If the fossil of an organism is found in the deeper layers of earth, then we can predict that 

  1. The extinction of organism has occurred recently.

  2. The extinction of organism has occurred thousand years ago.

  3. The fossil position in the layers of Earth is not related to its time of extinction.

  4. Time of extinction cannot be determined.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

If the fossil of an organism is found in the deeper layers of Earth then it can be predicted that the extinction of organism has occurred thousand years ago.

Fossils are a part of sedimentary layers which contains dead and decayed remains which contain the remains in each stratum.

When animals, plants and other organisms die, they typically decay completely. But sometimes, when the conditions are just right, they're preserved as fossils.
Several different physical and chemical processes create fossils.
Freezing, drying and encasement, such as in tar or resin, can create whole-body fossils that preserve bodily tissues. These fossils represent the organisms as they were when living, but they're very rare. Most organisms become fossils when they're changed through various other means.
The heat and pressure from being buried in sediment can sometimes cause the tissues of organisms including plant leaves and the soft body parts of fish, reptiles and marine invertebrates to release hydrogen and oxygen, leaving behind a residue of carbon. This process which is called as carbonization or distillation yields a detailed carbon impression of the dead organism in sedimentary rock. Thus, the correct answer is option B.

Age of fossils can be detected by

  1. Residual quantity of calcium

  2. Quantity of radioactive carbon compound

  3. Phylum of other mammals

  4. Structure of bones


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The dead and decomposing matter in the soil gets suppressed in the lower strata of the soil which turn into fossils due to pressure and temperature in the lower strata of the earth crust. Age of fossils can be detected by the quantity of radioactive carbon compound. Radiocarbon dating is used for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon (14C), a radioactive isotope of carbon. 

The radiocarbon dating method is based on the fact that radiocarbon is constantly being created in the atmosphere by the interaction of cosmic rays with atmospheric nitrogen. The resulting radiocarbon combines with atmospheric oxygen to form radioactive carbon dioxide, which is incorporated into plants by photosynthesis; animals then acquire 14C by eating the plants. When the animal or plant dies, it stops exchanging carbon with its environment, and from that point onwards the amount of 14C it contains begins to reduce as the 14C undergoes radioactive decay. Measuring the amount of 14C in a sample from a dead plant or animal such as piece of wood or a fragment of bone provides information that can be used to calculate when the animal or plant died. The older a sample is, the less 14C there is to be detected, and because the half-life of 14C (the period of time after which half of a given sample will have decayed) is about 5,730 years, the oldest dates that can be reliably measured by radiocarbon dating are around 50,000 years ago, although special preparation methods occasionally permit dating of older samples.
So, the correct answer is option B.

The richest source of fossils is

  1. Basalt

  2. Granite

  3. Lava

  4. Sedimentary rock


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Fossils are organic products which are conserved in the Earth's crust. This means that the fossil is usually formed on or under the Earth's surface or under the water. In other words in the biosphere (think about the biosphere limits). Then this organic material is covered by debris and etc. and becomes the fossil material. The sedimentary rocks are the one type which can contain fossils because these rocks are formed on the Earth surface, under the water etc. In other words, the biosphere can only interact with the sediments. 

So, the correct answer is option D.

If the fossil of an organism is found in deep layers of earth, then we can predict that

  1. The organism became extinct recently

  2. The extinction of organism occurred years back

  3. The time of extinction is not related to layers of earth

  4. Cannot be determined


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Fossils are remains of dead plants and animals. When plants and animals die, their bodies are buried inside the soil. the older the fossils, earlier they must have been buried inside. Year after, many bodies must have got deposited over them. So deeper the fossil layer, older it must have been.

So, option B "The extinction of organism occurred years back" is the correct answer.

Reptilian feature of Archaeopteryx is

  1. U-shaped furcula

  2. Presence of abdominal ribs

  3. Feathers with barbules

  4. Presence of a beak


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Archeopteryx is a connecting link between reptiles and aves. It has large wings, and hollow bones like aves, and tail and legs like a dinosaur. Apart from these reptilian features, they also have abdominal ribs resembling reptiles. 

So, option B is the correct answer.

Cladistic taxonomy places the birds as Archosaurs, along with the

  1. Mammals

  2. Crocodilians

  3. Turtles

  4. Snakes

  5. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Cladistic taxonomy is a way of grouping organisms on the basis of shared features which then are branched out as individual characteristics begin to differ. Birds such as archosaurs are placed along with crocodilians and many species of extinct dinosaurs.
The correct answer is 'crocodilians'.

The skull of Pithecanthropus was found in


  1. Africa

  2. Java

  3. America

  4. All


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Its fossils (some teeth, skull cap and femur bone) were found in 1891 by a Dutch anatomist, Eugene Dubois on the bank of Solo river in Eastern Java.




 

Age of fossils in the past was generally determined by radio-carbon method and other methods involving radioactive elements found in the rocks. More precise methods, which were used recently and led to the revision of the evolutionary periods for different groups of organisms, includes

  1. Electron spin resonance (ESA) and fossil DNA

  2. Study of carbohydrates/proteins in rocks

  3. Study of carbohydrates/proteins in fossils

  4. Study of conditions of fossilization


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

ESA is a more precise technique than previously used techniques for the dating of fossils. It is based on the principle of resonance due to electrons and electron deficient centres produced as a result of emission by naturally occurring radioactive elements in a sample. DNA is the information macromolecule in a living system and can be extracted from fossils or other ancient samples. The sequence information in such a DNA can be compared against sequence information of DNA in other samples or living plants and animals, leading to valuable information about the evolution of plants and animals.

Which is Jiving fossil

  1. Coelacanth

  2. Limulus

  3. Sphenodon

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

All these (coelacanth, limulus and sphenodon) are  representative of its own kind hence called living fossil.

Which of the following is the method to form fossils?

  1. Carbonization

  2. Recrystallization

  3. Replacement

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Fossils are formed in a number of different ways, but most are formed when a plant or animal dies in a watery environment and is buried in mud and silt. Soft tissues quickly decompose leaving the hard bones or shells behind. Over time sediment builds over the top and hardens into rock.

Types of fossils:- (a) insect preserved in amber, (b) petrified wood (permineralization), (c) cast and mold of a clam shell, (d) pyritized ammonite, and (e) compression fossil of a fern.
So, the correct answer is "All of the above".

Which of the following types of fossils are formed when mineral replaces all parts of the organism and entire animal transformed into stone?

  1. Petrified fossils

  2. Mould and cast

  3. Actuals remains

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Petrified fossils:- In geology, petrifaction or petrification is the process by which organic material becomes a fossil through the replacement of the original material and the filling of the original pore spaces with minerals.

Example:- Dinosaur bones, petrified wood and many trilobite fossils.
So, the correct answer is "Petrified fossils".

............ is a process of fossilisation that occurs when an organism is buried.

  1. Humification

  2. Permineralization

  3. Vermicomposting

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Permineralization:- A process of fossilization in which mineral deposits form internal casts of organisms. Carried by water, these minerals fill the spaces within organic tissue.

This occurs when the pores of the plant materials, bones, and shells are impregnated by mineral matter from the ground, lakes, or ocean. In some cases, the wood fibers and cellulose dissolve and some minerals replace them.
So, the correct answer is "Permineralization".

The oldest fossil record of blue-green alga is 2.9 billion years old. It is :

  1. Stromatolites

  2. Archaeopteryx

  3. Archaeospheroides

  4. Chlamydomonas


Correct Option: C

K - T boundary is boundary present between rocks of

  1. Devonian and carboniferous

  2. Permian and triassic

  3. Cretaceous and tertiary

  4. Miocene and pliocene.


Correct Option: C

In which era did the Himalayas and Alps emerge

  1. Beginning of coenozoic

  2. Middle mesozoic

  3. Early palaeozoic

  4. Late palaeozoic.


Correct Option: A

Oldest fossils of land animals consist of

  1. Amphibians

  2. Centipedes

  3. Primitive spider

  4. Both B and C.


Correct Option: D

Amber is

  1. Fossilised peat

  2. Brown lignite

  3. Brown fossilised resin

  4. Brown coal.


Correct Option: C

Carbon dating was invented by

  1. Kamen et al

  2. Libby

  3. Ruben and Kamen

  4. Calvin.


Correct Option: B

Fossils of oldest land animals date back to

  1. 300 million years

  2. 350 million years

  3. 395 million years

  4. 440 million years.


Correct Option: D

Study of rocks, their mineral composition and origin is

  1. Tectonics

  2. Seismology

  3. Mineralogy

  4. Petrology.


Correct Option: D

Determining the age of geological structures like fossils and rocks is called

  1. Archaeology

  2. Speleology

  3. Dating

  4. Stratigraphy.


Correct Option: C

Assertion : Ginkgo biloba is a living fossil.

Reason : Organism which have persisted and remain unchanged for the past

 several million years while their relative disappeared.

  1. If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion

  2. If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion

  3. If the assertion is true but the reason is false

  4. If both the assertion and reason are false

  5. If the assertion is false but reason is true


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Ginkgo biloba is a living fossil because its ancestors are unchanged for the  last many hundred years, while its relatives disappeared.

Which of the following is the relatively most accurate method for dating of fossils -

  1. Electron-spin resonance method

  2. Uranium-lead method

  3. Potassiumargon method

  4. Radio-carbon method


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

From the given methods, the relatively most accurate method for dating of fossils is electron-spin resonance method. This method is based on the principle of measuring the number of charges occupied by the deep traps crystal band gap.

Thus, the correct answer is 'Electron-spin resonance method.'

The age of rock is calculated on the basis of _____________.

  1. Types of fossils present

  2. Number of strata present

  3. Amount of uranium present

  4. Amount of lead present


Correct Option: A

Fossil $X$ can be considered to have evolved earth than fossil $Y$ if _________________.

  1. $Y$ has vestigial structures that are homologous to functional structures in fossil $X$

  2. $Y$ is structurally more complex than fossil $X$

  3. $Y$ is in better state of preservation than $X$

  4. $X$ is found in lower stratum of undisturbed sedimentary rock than $Y$


Correct Option: A

Remains of an organism of a former geological age is known as ...........

  1. Fossils

  2. Coal

  3. Petroleum

  4. Both A and B


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Fossils are the preserved traces of the organisms of a former geological age that once existed and now they are extinct. Fossils are formed because some organisms failed to decay completely and have remained preserved till today.
  • Fossils are very important for the study of evolution and for studying classification.
  • So, the correct option is 'Fossils'.

Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given .
The fossil record offers direct evidence for common descent because you can

  1. Sometimes find common ancestors

  2. Trace the ancestry of a particular group

  3. See that the types of fossils change over time

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Fossils are the preserved remains of previously living organisms or their traces, dating from the distant past. Fossils document the existence of now-extinct species, showing that different organisms have lived on Earth during different periods of the planet's history. They can also help scientists reconstruct the evolutionary histories and ancestry of present-day species. For instance, some of the best-studied fossils are of the horse lineage. Using these fossils, scientists have been able to reconstruct a large, branching "family tree" for horses and their now-extinct relatives. 

So, the correct option is 'All of the above'.

Foot prints, trails, tracks and tunnels of various organisations made in mud are rapidly filled in with sand and covered by sediments. This is an example of which of the following types of fossil?

  1. Petrified fossil

  2. Impressions

  3. Imprints

  4. Coprolites


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Impressions are two-dimensional imprints of an organism that doesn't contain any organic material. An impression is a clue left of the organism's biological activity, they can be formed while the organism was moving or any other biological activity.
So the correct option is 'Impressions'.

Which of the following is relatively more accurate method of determining the age of fossils?

  1. Uranium-lead method

  2. Radio-carbon method

  3. Study of carbohydrates/ proteins in rocks

  4. Electron-spin resonance method


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  • The dating of fossils using uranium and lead is one of the oldest processes of doing so. 
  • This is also the most redefined methods of fossil-dating. 
  • This process can enable dating of fossils that are around 1 million years to over 4.5 billion years old. 
  • This process has a routine precision in the 0.1–1 per cent range and hence, can be considered the most accurate method of fossil-dating.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Uranium-lead method'.

When was the first nuclear reactor built

  1. 1942

  2. 1944

  3. 1945

  4. 1947


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Chicago Pile 1 was the world's first nuclear reactor, built in 1942 by Nobel Prize winner Enrico Fermi. The reactor was built underneath the University of Chicago's Stagg Field football stadium. On Dec. 2, 1942, Enrico Fermi and 48 of his colleagues succeed in achieving in this reactor the world’s first man-made controlled nuclear chain reaction, thereby establishing the ability of mankind to control the release of nuclear energy. 

So the correct answer is ' 1942'.

Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given:
The first true hominids in the fossil record have been placed in the genus

  1. Aegyptopithecus

  2. Australopithecus

  3. Dryopithecus

  4. Homo


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Aegyptopithecus was an early primate that existed around 30 mya and it is widely believed to be ancestral to monkeys (cercopithecoids), as well as to humans and apes (hominoids). About 15 mya, primates called Dryopithecus and Ramapithecus were existing. They were hairy and walked like gorillas and chimpanzees. Ramapithecus was more man-like while Dryopithecus was more ape-like. 

Australopithecus afarensis is one of the longest-lived, widely believed and best-known early human species. Found between 3.85 and 2.95 million years ago in Eastern Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania), this species survived for more than 900,000 years.
 Hence, the correct answer is 'Australopithecus'.

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