12.2 Fossils and Geological time

12.2 Fossil

Earth Science

Open Ended

What is a fossil?

Multiple Choice

What are fossils with a specific, known, relatively short period and wide range of existence?

• Phylogenetics

• timeline fossil

• index fossil

• Fossil fuel

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Multiple Select

Fossils include ALL the following.

• preserved hard parts such as bones, teeth, and shells

• preserved traces such as burrows, footprints, or feces

• Mineralized remains or traces of deceased life forms

Multiple Choice

Most fossils are found in what type of rock?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a type of fossilization?

• Permineralization

• Preservation

• Mummification

• Casts and molds

• Decomposition

Multiple Choice

The law of original Horizontality states that most rock layers are laid down ________________.

• Horizontally

• Vertically

Open Ended

Abundant fossils found within a relatively specific, know, relatively short period and wide range of existence are know as what?

Open Ended

Name at least two reasons why the fossil record is 'incomplete'

Multiple Choice

How old is Earth?

• 1.5 million years

• 4.56 billion years

• 600,000 years

• 2021 years

Multiple Choice

Which of these represents the largest time period for geological time?

• Eons

• Era

• Periods

• Epochs

• Ages

Multiple Choice

If all of Earths history was condensed to a single 24 hour day, when did humans emerge?

• 20 hours ago

• 12 hours ago

• 2 hours ago

• the last minuet of the last hour

​10/25 - Assignment

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• 10/25 - Quiz: fossils

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