Fossilization

Define fossil.

• petrified bones that have been preserved over a very long time.

• any remains or trace of a formerly living thing preserved by natural processes.

• animal-shaped voids found in pyroclastic tephra

• insects encased in tree sap

In which type of rock are most fossils found?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

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Most types of fossils are

• dinosaurs

• transition fossils

• marine organisms

• vertebrates

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________________________________: the study and classification of fossils

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Match the following

• Microfossil

• A coquina clam that has been cemented in sedimentary rock

• Petrified fossil

• Trees that have turned to rock

• Original material

• Microscopic clamshells found in lake sediments.

• Amber

• Insect trapped in hardened tree sap

• Trace fossil

• Dinosaur footprints

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Which of the following substances contains fossils?

• amber

• magma

• liquid

• all options

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Identify the following statement as a creationist or evolutionist perspective.

"Index fossils can be used to help establish the absolute ages of rock strata, which then helps date other fossils in that rock layer.

• Creationist

• Evolutionist

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Identify the following statement as a creationist or evolutionist viewpoint:

"There are no fossils that show a clear transition of one kind of animal into another."

• Creationist

• Evolutionist

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Match the following

• found in organic sedimentary rock

• Natural gas

• made of different types of hydrocarbons.

• Petroleum

• gases produced from crude oil

• Coal

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Which of the following scientists developed the system used today to classify organisms?

• Charles Darwin

• Carolus Linnaeus

• Charles Lyell

• James Hutton

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