View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Remainder of Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of category was it?
(a) The satisfactory category.
(b) The catch-all category.
(c) The memorable category.
(d) The classifying category.

2. What could Whittington not figure out to do about Marrella?
(a) Which class to make up.
(b) Which existing phyla to classify it in.
(c) Which class it did not belong to.
(d) Which two classes to classify it in.

3. What is the classification of animal species specifically warned to not be made on alone?
(a) Time and timing of the discovery.
(b) Five or more paleontologists.
(c) Appearance, function and historical context.
(d) The basis of similarities and differences.

4. What does the 'grab bag' provided by the Burgess Shale consist of?
(a) Corpuscles and carapaces.
(b) Appendages and anatomical forms.
(c) Appendages and tissues.
(d) Cartilage and fossils.

5. What did the new methods Whittington and his team adopted help them do?
(a) Recast the fossils.
(b) Organize the fossils.
(c) Transport the fossils.
(d) Study the fossils.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must evolutionary biologists specify concerning similarities and differences?

2. What five new species did Morris find?

3. Which genus was Whittington focused on classifying in Chapter Three?

4. What adjectives describe Whittington?

5. Which team member has Gould largely ignored at this point?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 237 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample