Fossils- Clue's to Earth's Past

Which objects are often preserved as carbon films?

• fish bones

• worm burrows

• dinosaur eggs

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Which item would look most like an ancient organism?

• a cast

• a mold

• a footprint

What is a fossil mold?

• am impression of an ancient organism

• a trace fossil of an ancient organism

• a copy of an ancient organism

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Which item is an example of preserved remains?

• an insect trapped in amber

• a trilobite mold and cast

• a mammoth's footprint

What is a relative age of a rock?

• an exact age, in years

• an exact age, as shown by index fossils

• an approximate age when compared to other rocks

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is true of any fault?

• It is older than the rock it cuts

• It is younger than the rock it cuts

• It is the same age as the rock it cuts

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which statement is true of inclusions?

• They are older than the rocks that contain them

• They are the same age as the rocks that contain them

• They are younger than the rocks that contain them

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Which principle states that sedimentary rocks are deposited as large sheets of sediment?

• correlation

• lateral continuity

• original horizontality

Which species make good index fossils?

• species that lived for a short period of time

• species that lived in one place

• species that were very large

An absolute age of a rock is an age

• based on fossils

• in years

• relative to another rock