Each layer showing how organisms have changed over time - more complex organisms near the top

Each layer showing how organisms have changed over time - less complex organisms near the top

All the fossils are the same in each layer

The layers getting older as we get closer to the top

The same geologic changes that occur on the earth today, occurred the same way in the past

Geologic processes change over time

In any layer of rocks deposited in layers, the youngest are at the top

Certain rock layers have certain types of fossils

In any rock formations, the youngest layer is on the top and the oldest is on the bottom

In any rock formation, the youngest layer is on the bottom and the oldest is on the top

Unit 3-Earths Layers

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Sediments building up over time, creating layers

igneous Rocks

Deposition

Lithification

Index fossils

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How can a fossil of a shell be found at the top of a mountain?

A bird flew over and dropped it

Gravity pulled it up the mountain

Wind blew it up to the top of the mountain

Uplift forced an area that was once ocean up over time

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an index fossil?

a fossil found only in a specific time period

a fossil found across many time periods

When only one fossil is found among thousands of others

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a terrestrial environment?

Found in the atmosphere

Water based

Land based

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What fossils would give an indication that an area once was a swamp?

Trees and grasses

Fern, Dragonfly, frog

Ferns and Trees

Birds and Trees

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where are the youngest layers of rock located in a land formation?

In the middle

At the bottom

At the top

The one with the fossils

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does fossil pollen help us understand past environments?

it allows us to understand the climate by what plants grew in that area

It allows us to see what animals lived there

It allows us to see the layers of the earth

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Unit 3-Earths Layers

Sediments building up over time, creating layers

How can a fossil of a shell be found at the top of a mountain?

What is an index fossil?

What is a terrestrial environment?

What fossils would give an indication that an area once was a swamp?

Where are the youngest layers of rock located in a land formation?

How does fossil pollen help us understand past environments?

faunal succession is

Uniformitariansim

Law of Superposition

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