4.1: Fossil Evidence of Evolution

Fossil record is made up of _________________.

• All the fossils on Earth

• All the fossils discovered on Earth

• All the fossils found in the ocean

• All the fossils found on land

The impression of an organism in a rock is called a _________.

• animal rock

• organism rock

• mold

• cast

A fossil copy of an organism in a rock is called ________

• scan

• copy

• mold

• cast

The preserved evidence of the activity of an organism is called ___________.

• trace fossil

• cast fossil

• mold fossil

• All are correct

What is this chart called?

• Calendar

• The Mayan Time

• The calendar time scale

• The geological time scale

When minerals in the water replace the organism's original material and harden in to rock and form a fossil is called ___.

• Mineralization

• Carbonization

• trace fossils

• original material

This type of fossil is formed by pressure driving off the organism's liquids and gases.

• Mineralization

• carbonization

• trace fossils

• Original material

When an insect is trapped in tree sap and later harden forms a ________ .

• mineralization

• carbonization

• trace fossils

• original material

In relative age dating, scientist uses _____________.

• type of fossils found

• types of rocks found in the nearby area

• order of layers of rocks

• order layers of living organisms

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

In relative dating, which later is the youngest?

• top

• middle

• bottom

• they all have the same age

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4