Fossil Record/ Methods of Science

The remains or traces of once-living organisms

• Leftovers

• Remains

• Fossils

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Which of the following conditions might PREVENT a dead organism from being preserved?

• Being trapped in tree sap.

• Being eaten or decomposing.

• Being buried by sediments.

• Being covered in ice/snow.

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Which layer of rock contains the oldest fossils?

• Layer 1

• Layer 2

• Layer 6

• Layer 7

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When a large number of species die on different parts of Earth during a relatively short period of time.

• Extinction

• Mass extinction

• Mass Migration

• Mitiagation

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The permanent disappearance of a species from Earth

• law of superposition

• diversity

• extinction

• petrification

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The mineralized remains of organisms and the rock layers in which they are found, showing when and where long-dead organisms lived and how their bodies were structured

• law of superposition

• radioactive dating

• fossil record

• petrification

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Scientists who study fossils are known as....

• archeologists

• geologists

• biologists

• paleontologists

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This type of fossil (like a footprint) shows evidence of past behaviors.

• cast fossil

• mold fossil

• inclusion fossil

• trace fossil

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Fossils are more likely to occur in which type of rock?

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

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This type of fossil shows an impression of an organism in rock...

• cast fossil

• mold fossil

• trace fossil

• inclusion fossil

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