Fossils

Most fossils (99%) found today are what type?

• Dinosaurs

• Marine (Ocean) Organisms

• Insects

• Wooly Mammoths

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Most fossils are found in what kind of rock?

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

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What do we call a scientist who studies fossils?

• Geologist

• Biologists

• Paleontologist

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An insect trapped in amber from a tree-like sap called resin, and a wooly mammoth frozen in ice are examples of?

• Preserved Fossils

• Mold Fossils

• Cast Fossils

• Trace Fossils

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Requirements for fossil formation to occur:  quick burial of organism, layers of sediments build up over the organism, and finally it is left for a long period of time.  

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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Animal footprints, worm tunnels, and the trail that a snake leaves behind are examples of...

• Petrified Fossils

• Trace Fossils

• Cast Fossils

• Carbonized Fossils

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 A fossil...

• Gives clues to the diversity of organisms on earth

• Gives clues to past climates and surface changes

• Gives clues to changes with organisms over time

• All of the Above

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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According to the Law of Superposition, the oldest layers of rock are always at the bottom, and the youngest layers are always at the top, if the rock layers have not been disturbed.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

When two rock layers are compared based on their location, and the layer at  the bottom is said to be older than the layer above it, this is an example of...

• Relative Dating

• Absolute Dating

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If one rock is dated to be 2 million years old, and another rock above it is dated to be 1 million years old.  This type of dating is the most accurate and gives the precise age of the rock.

• Relative Dating

• Absolute Dating