Fossil Review

Special fossils that indicate to geologists the boundaries of geological time

• index fossils

• trace fossils

• mold fossils

• cast fossils

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

• petrification

• replacement

• carbonization

• fossil resin

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?

• geologic time dating

• absolute dating

• relative dating

• differential dating

What is the relationship between rocks and fossils found in the same rock layer?

• same species

• relatively same age

• same type of fossilization

• both are petrified

What is a fossil?

• a decomposer

• preserved remains

• trace of animals, plants, or other organism

• both preserved remains or traces of animals, plants, or other organisms

What parts of organisms usually become fossils?

• soft structures

• braiins

• teeth, bones, or shells

• none of these

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What are some requirements for organisms to become a fossil

• quick burial of an organism

• layers of sediments build up over the organism

• left for a long period of time

• All of these

How can marine fossils be found on top of mountains?

• Area used to be under water

• contintental plates caused uplift

• someone moved it there from another location

• both that the area could have been underwater or there was uplift

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In what type of rock are fossils most commonly found?

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

• none of these