STEMscopes Fossil Record Vocabulary

What is the definition of chronological order?

• The arrangement of things in the order that they occurred

• The quality or state of having many different forms, types, ideas, etc.

• The permanent disappearance of a species from Earth

• The mineralized remains of organisms and the rock layers in which they are found that shows when and where long-dead organisms lived and how their bodies were structured

What is the definition of extinction?

• The arrangement of things in the order that they occurred

• The quality or state of having many different forms, types, ideas, etc.

• The permanent disappearance of a species from Earth

• The mineralized remains of organisms and the rock layers in which they are found that shows when and where long-dead organisms lived and how their bodies were structured

What is the definition of the fossil record?

• The arrangement of things in the order that they occurred

• The quality or state of having many different forms, types, ideas, etc.

• The permanent disappearance of a species from Earth

• The mineralized remains of organisms and the rock layers in which they are found that shows when and where long-dead organisms lived and how their bodies were structured

What is the definition of diversity?

• The arrangement of things in the order that they occurred

• The quality or state of having many different forms, types, ideas, etc.

• The permanent disappearance of a species from Earth

• The mineralized remains of organisms and the rock layers in which they are found that shows when and where long-dead organisms lived and how their bodies were structured

Match the definition with the vocabulary term: Scientific law that states fossils located in deeper sediment layers are older than ones deposited in layers closer to the surface.

• Radioactive Dating

• Sedimentary Layers

• Petrification

• Law of Superposition

Match the definition with the vocabulary term: Technique used to determine how old a rock is by analyzing the amounts of a radioactive isotope and its decay products in the rock.

• Radioactive Dating

• Sedimentary Layers

• Petrification

• Law of Superposition

Match the definition with the vocabulary term: The formation of fossils as stone replaces decaying tissues

• Radioactive Dating

• Sedimentary Layers

• Petrification

• Fossils

Match the definition with the vocabulary term: The mineralized remains of organisms, showing how long-dead organisms lived and how their bodies were structured.

• Radioactive Dating

• Sedimentary Layers

• Petrification

• Fossils

Match the definition with the vocabulary term: Layers of rock that are successively deposited on top of one another and are distinguishable from one another based on their mineral contents.

• Radioactive Dating

• Sedimentary Layers

• Petrification

• Fossils