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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Leif Størmer's treatise on the Burgess Shale named?
(a) Treatise on the Burgess Shale.
(b) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology.
(c) Treatise on Plant and Fauna life of the Burgess Shale.
(d) Treatise on Vertebrate Paleontology.

3. How many general stages of fauna are between the two faunas both eukaryotic and of the Burgess Shale?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

4. What is the problem with the Burgess Shale in relation to many of the similarities and distinctions?
(a) Many are unknown and this makes classification difficult.
(b) The classification system needs a complete overview.
(c) Few are unknown and there are so many different classifications.
(d) Only two are known and there are no classifications to put them in.

5. Which genus was Whittington focused on classifying in Chapter Three?
(a) Marrella.
(b) Hartoll.
(c) Minillera.
(d) Splendens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What five new species did Morris find?

2. What part did Whittington dissect of Opabinia?

3. What new view did Whittington now understand?

4. What was once often a focus of the fauna?

5. What did Whittington do after assigning his students to work on some of the other genera?

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