Rock Dating and Fossils Review

Fossils usually occur in metamorphic rocks

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Footprints and trails are examples of trace fossils

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Generally, only the soft parts of organisms become fossils

• TRUE

• FALSE

Small amounts of what materials in rocks can act as natural clocks for absolute dating?

• sedimentary rocks

• intrusive materials

• radioactive materials

• igneous materials

The original radioactive isotope in a rock is called

• parent isotope

• daughter isotope

• breakdown isotope

• clock isotope

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Why are mummified remains found in very dry places?

• most bacteria thrive in dry environments

• bacteria do not cause decay in dry environments

• fewer animals live in dry environments

• most bacteria cannot survive in dry environments

The study of fossils

• paleontology

• meteorology

• ancient biology

• geology

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A principle that geological processes that occurred in the past can be explained by current geologic process

• theory of evolution

• uniformitarianism

• law of superposition

• unconformity

The age of an object in relation to the ages of other objects

• law of superposition

• relative age

• absolute age

• principle of original horizontality

Fossilized waste materials from ancient animals

• mold

• coprolites

• imprints

• petrification