History of Life on Earth

A person who studies rocks, minerals and soil

• Geologist

• Paleontologist

• Fossilization

• Zoologist

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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the bones or tree have become rock

• Permineralized Fossil

• Carbonized Fossil

• Amber Fossil

• Tar Pit Fossil

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only the carbon remains and leaves a black film behind

• Permineralized Fossil

• Carbonized Fossil

• Frozen Remains

• Amber Fossil

a person who studies fossils

• Geologist

• Paleontologist

• Zoologist

• Indiana jones

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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Causes of Mass Extinctions click all that apply

• Meteor Strike

• Pollution

• Food Shortages

• Climate Change

• Plate Tectonics

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Mass extinction is..

• when all member's of a species die out

• Large number of species die out, in multiple locations around the world in a short period of time

• species is endanger of being wiped out

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Absolute Age is

• actual age

• guessing it's age

• rounding up it's age

Trace Fossil is

• organism is stuck in sticky tar preservers the bone

• a fossil of a footprint, trail

  evidence of an organism's activity

• the plant or animal is stuck in tree sap

Radioactive Decay is...

• the time it takes for half of a sample to decay

• actual age

• unstable particles breakdown or change into stable particles

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Index Fossils are

• only the carbon remains and leaves a black film behind

• forms of life which existed during the limited periods of geologic time used as guides

• the bones or tree have become rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4