Fossils, Age, Geologic Time Quizizz

A _____________________ is the remains or evidence of an ancient organism.

• paleontologist

• preserved

• fossil

• extinct

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Which Rock type would be best to find fossils?

• Igneous rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

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Click to enlarge. Study this carefully. Which fossil in the oldest?

• Fossil 1

• Fossil 2

• fossil 3

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Which layer is the oldest?

• A

• F

• Can not be determined

• They are all the same age.

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Which layer is the youngest?

• A

• F

• Can not tell

• They are all the same age.

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What can fossils tell us about the past? (check all that apply)

• Which organisms used to live on Earth and what they looked like

• How the environment has changed

• How organisms alive today have changed and adapted over time

• How to make a taco

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Fossil of thin layer of carbon atoms and molecules 

• original remains 
• carbon film
• trace fossil

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Formed when original material in skeletal remains are replaced by minerals 

• original remains 
• fossil
• permineralized remains 

Cavity in a rock made when an organism decayed

• cast
• mold 
• original remains

Produced when sediments fill in a cavity made when an object decayed 

• cast
• mold
• original remains

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