Unit 3 - Plate Tectonics Review

Which fossilization process leaves behind a dark film on a sedimentary rock?

• petrification

• replacement

• carbonization

• trace fossil

Which type of fossilization occurs when sticky substance from plants captures and preserves an organism?

• permineralization

• mold

• fossil resin

• tar

What type of fossilization results when the whole animal is preserved?

• carbonization

• replacement

• mold

• ice/freezing

Which type of rock and fossil dating gives the precise age of the rock or fossil?

• geolocial time dating

• absolute dating

• relative dating

• differential dating

In what type of rock are fossils most commonly found?

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

• obsidian

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Which is not an example of trace fossils

• cast

• footprints

• tracks

• burrows

Which of the following scientists put forth the Continental Drift Theory?

• Wegener

• Hess

• Einstein

• Churchill

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Originally the Continental Drift Theory was not well received by other scientists. Why?

• There was a competing theory at the time that was more believable.

• There was no data showing the continents ever moved.

• The scientists didn't know the force responsible for moving the continents.

• The scientist presenting the data was unreliable.

Which of these terms means scratches in rock caused by glaciers?

• striations

• stripes

• stratosphere

• stretch marks

What is the force that moves the continents?

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• conveyor belts

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