2019 Geologic Time and Fossils

A scientist who studies fossils is called a what?

• Fossilologist

• Geologist

• Archeologist

• Paleontologist

The Law of Superposition helps scientists to determine what?

• The absolute age of rock layers
• The age of fossils
• The relative age of rock layers
• the super powers of rocks

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The Geologic Time Scale is a record of what?

• old geologists

• pieces of meteorites

• the known history of rocks and fossils

• a list of every living thing ever

Relative dating of rock layers tells us that the deeper we dig, _______.

• the younger the rocks get
• the smellier the rocks get
• the harder the rocks get
• the older the rocks get

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Which fossil is an impression left by the original organism?

• cast
• mold
• trace
• preserved remains

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Which fossil is a replica of the original shape of the organism?

• cast
• mold
• trace
• preserved remains

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A bug stuck in sticky tree sap is an example of what type of fossil?

• cast

• mold

• trace

• fossil resin (amber)

How do most fossils form?

• A living thing dies and is buried under sediment
• The sediment is compressed and compacted 
• They are formed in sedimentary rock
• All of these answers

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What is a footprint, track,trail or burrow left behind by an animal that later fossilized?

• A trace fossil

• carbonization

• A petrified fossil

• mold/cast

What is relative age?

• The geologic age of a fossil, rock or geologic feature defined relative to other fossils, rocks or features
• The geologic age of a fossil based on when the relatives of that fossil died
• The geologic age of a fossil, or geologic event expressed in units of time
• How old your mom is

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