What is the study of past life as rocks or fossils?

• Paleontology
• Archeology
• Fossilology

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What is the largest division of time?

• Eon
• Epic
• Era
• Period

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Why scientists think dinosaurs became extinct?

• Climate change
• Frozen Oceans
• Forest Fire
• Cloud Dust

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What is a fossil?

• is a solid collection of mineral grains that grow or become cemented together

• images created by removing part of a rock surfaces by incising, pecking, carving, and abrading

• A fossil is the naturally preserved remains or traces of animals or plants that lived in the geologic past

• Is the science dealing with natural and artificial gemstone materials.

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What era will you find Jurassic period fossils?

• Cenozoic

• Mesozoic

• Paleozoic

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Where can the oldest layer be found?

• The top layer
• The middle layer
• They are all the same age
• The bottom layer

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Which layer formed first?

• Rock Layer W
• Rock Layer X
• Rock Layer Y
• Rock Layer Z

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According to the law of superposition, which layer is the youngest?

• A
• B
• C

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An archaeologist made the following diagram of a dig site. What can be said about the pottery as compared to the skull found in the site?

• The rock layer with the pottery is more recent than the rock layer with the skull.
• The rock layer with the skull is more recent than the rock layer with the pottery.
• The rock layer with the skull is approximately the same age as the rock layer with the pottery.
• The rock layer with the skull has an absolute date of 17,000 years.

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In which kind of rock do we usually find a fossil?

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

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