Fossil vocab study

What is a fossil

• the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.

• Ancient coins

• Animals who roamed the earth a long time ago.

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What is a fossil record?

• new fossils.

• A document in the shape of a fossil.

• collection of fossils documenting the history of life on Earth.

• The biggest fossil in the world

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What is the definition of exctintion?

• having no living members; no longer in existence.

• Something severely endangered.

• A species not endangered.

• Old fossils.

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What is a Sedimentary rock?

select two.

• Sedimentary rocks are one of three main types of rocks, along with igneous and metamorphic.

• Rock with fossils in them.

• Rocks that are old.

• They are formed on or near the Earth's surface

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A mold fossil is a fossil with an_____ in them

fossil formed when an animal, plant, or other organism dies, its flesh decays and bonesdeteriorate due to chemical reactions

• Paleontologist

• Fossil

• Mold fossil

• Cast fossil

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A paleontologist studies______

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a method of dating geological or archeological specimens by determining the relative proportions of particular radioactive isotopes present in a sample

• Radiometric dating

• Relative dating

• Absolute dating

• Law of unitformitarinism

• Law of Superposition

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determine which things are older or younger based on their relationships.

• Radiometric dating

• Relative dating

• Absolute dating

• Law of unitformitarinism

• Law of Superposition

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measure the physical properties of an object itself and use these measurements to calculate its age.

• Radiometric dating

• Relative dating

• Absolute dating

• Law of unitformitarinism

• Law of Superposition