Fossils

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What is a way an organism can become a fossil? Options: amber, strata, geologic column, superposition

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amber

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What causes an unconformity? Options: water, wind, ice, nondeposition and erosion

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nondeposition and erosion

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What is a geologic column?

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an arrangement of rock layers in which the oldest rocks are at the bottom

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What is an unconformity?

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a break in the geologic record created by erosion or nondeposition

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What type of unconformity is in the picture? Options: disconformity, nonconformity, angular unconformity, intrusion

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angular unconformity

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What type of disturbed rock layer is shown in the picture? Options: tilting, intrusion, folding, fault

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intrusion

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Which is an example of a trace fossil? Options: animal tracks, coprolite, burrows, all of the answers given here

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all of the answers given here

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What type of fossil is a mold?

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a cavity made by a shell (cake pan)

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What type of fossil is a cast fossil? Options: a cavity made by a shell (jello mold), a type of fossil that forms when sediments fill in the cavity (jello)

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a type of fossil that forms when sediments fill in the cavity (jello)

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What is an example of an index fossil? Options: t-rex fossils, insect in amber, trilobites or ammonites, woolly mammoth fossils

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trilobites or ammonites