Fossils Quizziz

What are the two types of petrification?

• permineralization and replacement

• permineralization and molds

• replacement and carbonization

• carbonization and molds

Carbonization is when only carbon is left behind as a...

• tar

• mold

• film

• imprint

Trace fossils show evidence of an organism but not...

• its footprints

• its burrow

• its feces

• its body

Plants produce resin to protect themselves from...

• flooding

• insects and injury

• fire and extreme heat

• ice and freezing temperatures

What type of fossil is know for preserving whole organisms, including their DNA?

• Fossil Resin

• Casts

• Permineralizations

• Carbonization

Fossilized resin is called

• rock

• tar

• gold

• amber

These two types of fossils are also known for preserving whole organisms, like mammoths.

• molds and casts

• tar and ice

• permineralization and replacement

• carbonization and petrification

Rock layers are known as

• strata

• slivers

• eras

• cores

Which is NOT a name for the most accurate form of dating rocks and fossils?

• radiometric dating

• carbon dating

• actual dating

• relative dating

To find the actual age of ancient fossils, we rely on which property

of radioactive materials?

• burn-out

• atomic weight

• half-life

• density