Clues to Earth's Past Fossils and Relative Age/Absolute Age

What are fossils?

• Living animals and plants

• Historical figures

• preserved remains or evidence of ancient living organisms

• Events that occurred in the past

Petrified Wood is an example of ___________.

• Mineral Replacement/Petrified Fossil

• Trace Fossils

• Carbon Films

• Preserved Remains

An impression of an ancient organism is an example of a ____________

• Cast

• Preserved Remain

• Mold

• Carbon Film

Preserved activity of an organism

• Trace Fossils

• Carbon Films

• Cast

• Preserved Remains

This fossil looks like the actual organism. it is made when the mold of an organism is filled with sediment.

• Mold

• Cast

• Model Magic

• trace fossils

This type of fossil is formed when whole organisms that are trapped in ice, amber and tar pits.

• Trace Fossils

• mineral replacement

• Preserved remains

• molds

The age of rocks and geological features compared with other rocks near by is known as........

• Relative Age

• Absolute Age

• Rock ages

• Hard times

Which two factors increase the chance of fossils forming?

• Soft Parts

• Hard Parts

• Big organisms

• small organisms

• Buried Quickly

How are fossils that are buried deep in the Earth brought to the surface?

• uplifts and erosion

• metal detectors

• subduction zones

Fossils form in many ways

• True

• False