Fossils

Which layer is oldest?

• A
• W
• G
• Z

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

• sedimentary  rock
• rock candy
• hard rock

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

• A
• B
• C

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What is a fossil?

• the remains or physical evidence of an organism preserved by geologic processes
• fossils can be preserved in rock, amber, asphalt, or ice
• any naturally preserved evidence of animal activity
• fossil of an organism that lived during a relatively short period of time

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Fossilized tracks or other evidence of activity of an organism.

• trail 
• trace 
• index
• absolute 

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According to the law of superposition, the oldest fossils are found 

• At the top of the rock layers
• Near the bottom of the rock layers
• In the middle of the rock layers
• Somewhat near the surface

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Which is a mold?

• the impression left by an organism

• a copy of the organism, like a statue

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Fossils could provide evidence for....

• relationships between past organisms and current organisms

• past organisms only

• current organisms only

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What do fossils teach us about?

• Everything we need to know about a plant or animal.

• They teach us about the past and the environment.

• Everything single living thing will become a fossil when it dies.

• That wooly mammoths are not extinct.

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Extinct means

• A dead animal has become fossilized.

• There is no more of a species left.

• Permineralization has occured within the fossil.

• The fossil has become petrified.

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