Geologic Change over Time

Once rock forms, it never changes.

• true

• false

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Fossils can tell us which animals lived at a certain time.

• true

• false

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The climate is exactly the same all over the world.

• true

• false

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A volcano erupting is an example of a geologic process.

• true

• false

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The principle of _ states that geologic processes that happened in the past can be explained by current geologic processes.

• fossilization

• uniformitarianism

_ are the trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago, most commonly preserved in sedimentary rock.

• Uniformitarianism

• Fossils

• Amber

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_ happens when an organism's tissues are replaced by minerals.

• Calcification

• Mummification

• Petrification

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A _ is a fossilized structure that formed in sedimentary rock by animal activity on or in soft sediment.

• rock

• trace fossil

• fossil

_ is animal dung.

• Amber

• Asphalt

• Coprolite

All of the fossils that have been discovered on Earth are called the _.

• fossil show

• fossil record

• coprolite

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