Fossils Practice

Which type of fossil is seen here?

• cast

• mold

• true form

• trace

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Most fossils are formed within which kind of rock?

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• igneous

• they form equally in all types of rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which layer is the oldest?

• A

• F

• Can not be determined

• They are all the same age.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which layer is the youngest?

• A

• F

• Can not tell

• They are all the same age.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Special fossils that indicate to geologists the boundaries of geological time.

• Carbonization

• Cast/Mold

• Index Fossil

• Absolute Dating

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Fossilization process leaves behind a dark film on a sedimentary rock

• Index Fossil

• Carbonization

• Cast

• Mold

Type of fossilization occurs when a sticky substance from plants captures and preserves an organism

• Carbonization

• Cast

• Stupefaction

• Fossil Resin

Type of fossilization results when the whole animal is preserved

• Ice/Tar

• Carbonization

• Cast/Mold

• Fertilization

Type of rock and fossil dating give the precise age of the rock or fossil

• Ice/Tar

• Absolute Dating

• Carbonization

• Fossil Resin

Choose the TWO statements about fossils that are accurate.

• Only dinosaurs turn into fossils

• Fossils form in igneous rock

• Fossils are usually formed by hard structures, like teeth

• Fossils are usually formed by soft structures, like muscle

• Fossils form in sedimentary rock