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Fossils & Geologic Time Scale - Pearson Chapter 8 L 1, 2, 4

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1.

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1 min • 1 pt

What is a fossil?

The preserved remains or traces of living things

A really old rock

Only the traces of living things

An animal preserved in rock

2.

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1 min • 1 pt

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What is a mold fossil?

A fossil formed when an organism creates by itself a hollow shape in sediment that looks just like the organism

A solid copy of the shape of an organism

A fossil formed when an organism is buried and its remains decay, leaving a hollow area in the sediment

A fossil formed when a hollow organism is buried and is fossilized

3.

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1 min • 1 pt

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What is a cast fossil?

A liquid copy of an organism created when water with minerals and sediment fill up a mold

A solid copy of an organism created when water with minerals and sediment fill up a mold

A fossil of a dinosaur that broke its bone

A solid copy of an organism created when sediment hardens inside of a cast

4.

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1 min • 1 pt

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What is a petrified fossil?

A fossil that is formed when an organism spontaneously turns into stone

A fossil that is formed when an organism is petrified

A fossil in which some or all of an organism's minerals is replaced with organic material

A fossil in which some or all of an organism's organic material is replaced with minerals

5.

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5 mins • 1 pt

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What is a carbon film fossil?

A fossil made when gases escape from sediment, covering an organism with a thin layer of carbon

A fossil made when carbon escapes from sediment, covering an organism with a thin layer of gases

A fossil made when an organism watches a film about carbon

A fossil made when an organism is covered with a thick layer of carbon

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1 min • 1 pt

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What are trace fossils?

Fossils that show evidence of the dancing an organism did

Fossils that show evidence of the activity of organisms.

Natural tracings of original fossils

Bits of evidence left behind by organisms

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1 min • 1 pt

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What are preserved remains?

When an organism is trapped in tar, amber, or ice, and ALL organic material is preserved

When an organism is trapped in a sticky material and SOME organic material is preserved

When remains are preserved

When an organism escapes from tar, amber, or ice, and ALL organic material is preserved

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