Stuck in Time: Vocabulary Quiz

The Rock Cycle is

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  Coal, gas or oil that is produced by the very gradual decaying of animals or plants over millions of years.
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  The comparison of one rock or fossil to another to determine which one is older or younger
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  A period of time in geologic time that is relatively long, dividing the different Eons
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  Continuous process by which rocks are created, changed from one form to another.

Sedimentary rock is

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  Rocks that has been formed by sediments, especially sediment carried by water, ice and wind.
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  A period of earth’s geologic history defined by major changes that happen on earth.
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  A group of similar living things that can reproduce
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  The order in which  sedimentary rock layers are made, older layers are lower and younger layers are on top.

Igneous Rock is

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  Rocks formed by the cooling and solidifying of molten materials.
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  Rocks that have been formed from extreme heat and pressure.
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  The comparison of one rock or fossil to another to determine which one is older or younger
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  The process by which only plants and animals that can survive in their environment will continue to live

Metamorphic Rock is

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  Rocks that have been formed from extreme heat and pressure.
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  A period of earth’s geologic history defined by major changes that happen on earth.
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  A group of similar living things that can reproduce
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  The order in which  sedimentary rock layers are made, older layers are lower and younger layers are on top.

A fossil is

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  Fossils used to define and identify a particular period of time that lived in many places for a short period of time.
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  A type of fossil were the remains of a dead organism is left preserved
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  The remains, traces or imprints of once living things.
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  The indent made when an animal, plant, or other organism dies and is covered by sediment where a cavity is made.

Fossil fuels are

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  Continuous process by which rocks are created, changed from one form to another.
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  The order in which  sedimentary rock layers are made, older layers are lower and younger layers are on top.
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  The theory that all changes on earth that are happening today are the same as have happened in the past.
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  Coal, gas or oil that is produced by the very gradual decaying of animals or plants over millions of years.

Carbon Film is

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  Continuous process by which rocks are created, changed from one form to another.
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  A type of fossil made up of a thin layer of carbon
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  The theory that all changes on earth that are happening today are the same as have happened in the past.
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  Coal, gas or oil that is produced by the very gradual decaying of animals or plants over millions of years.

Index Fossil is

• Continuous process by which rocks are created, changed from one form to another.
• The indent made when an animal, plant, or other organism dies and is covered by sediment where a cavity is made.
• A type of Fossils used to define and identify a particular period of time that lived in many places for a short period of time
• A period of time in geologic time that is relatively long, dividing the different Eons

A mold is

• The indent made when an animal, plant, or other organism dies and is covered by sediment where a cavity is made.
• The remains, traces or imprints of once living things.
• A type of Fossils used to define and identify a particular period of time that lived in many places for a short period of time
• A period of time in geologic time that is relatively long, dividing the different Eons

A cast is

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  A fossil formed when a plant or animal dies then minerals enter the cavity and then become solid
  
• The indent made when an animal, plant, or other organism dies and is covered by sediment where a cavity is made.
• A type of Fossils used to define and identify a particular period of time that lived in many places for a short period of time
• A period of time in geologic time that is relatively long, dividing the different Eons