Paleontology

Paleontology

6th Grade

25 Qs

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Weathering and erosion can cause missing rock layers. What do we call these gaps?

Strata
Geologic Column
Superposition
Unconformities

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In what type of rock do we typically find fossils?

Metamorphic
Igneous
Sedimentary
Minerals

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Younger rock lies above older rock describes what law?

Strata
Geologic Column
Unconformities
Superposition

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Determining a rock's age by comparing it to other rock layers; "older" or "younger"

Absolute dating
Relative dating
Unconformities
Comparisions

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of fossils help determine age?

Molds and casts
Organic
Trace fossils
Index fossils

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True/False: Since most organisms never became fossils, the fossil record is incomplete.

True
False

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Finding a marine fossil on a mountaintop means that

Fish used to be able to live on land.
The mountain used to be an underwater volcano.
The fossils have been moved.
The mountaintop used to be the ocean floor.

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