Fossils Exit Ticket

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Traces or remains of organisms that lived long ago

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Fossil

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How do most fossils form?

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A dead organism becomes buried in sediment.

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The diagram shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct?
Options: Fossil A and C are the same age
, Fossil B is older than fossil C, Fossils A is older than fossil B, Fossil D is older than fossil C

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Fossil D is older than fossil C

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A geologist finds rocks with ocean-like fossils in an Ohio stream bank. What conclusion can be made?

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The area of the woods and stream was an ocean long ago.

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If scientists found this fossil, what could they infer?

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that water once covered the area where this fossil was found

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Which fossil is the oldest?
Options: a, b, c, d

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a

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Which fossil is the youngest? Options: a, b, c, d

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d

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Analyze the seashell found in the white layer. Which statement is true of the rock layer that contains this fossil?

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It is older than the layers above it.

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How do geologists use relative dating?

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Placing rocks in order from youngest to oldest

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Relative dating of rock layers tells us that the deeper we dig, _______.

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the older the rocks get