Chapter 6 Quiz: A Trip Through Geologic Time

Geologist use the Law of Superposition to determine the absolute age of rocks.

• True
• False

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preserved an entire organism

• trace fossil

• mold

• carbon film

• preserved remains

"turned to stone"

• mold

• petrified fossil

• preserved remains

• trace fossil

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provides evidence of the activities of ancient organisms

• carbon films

• mold

• petrified fossils

• trace fossils

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preserves the delicate parts of plant leaves and insects

• carbon film

• cast

• mold

• petrified fossil

a hollow area in sediment in the shape of an organism or part of an organism

• mold

• cast

• fossil

• trace fossil

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the preserved remains or traces of living things

• fossil

• mold

• cast

• carbon film

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results when organisms get trapped in tree resin or tar

• preserved remains

• trace fossils

• mold

• fossil

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extremely thin coating of carbon on rocks

• petrified fossil

• cast

• trace fossil

• carbon film

According to the Law of Superposition, the older rocks would be found in the ___ layers of a section of rock.

• Top
• Bottom

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