Fossils as Evidence of the Past

Fossil record is made up of _________________.

• All the fossils on Earth

• All the fossils discovered on Earth

• All the fossils found in the ocean

• All the fossils found on land

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The impression of an organism in a rock is called a _________.

• animal rock

• organism rock

• mold

• cast

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A fossil copy of an organism in a rock is called ________

• scan

• copy

• mold

• cast

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The preserved evidence of the activity of an organism is called ___________.

• trace fossil

• cast fossil

• mold fossil

• All are correct

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What is this chart called?

• Calendar

• The Mayan Time

• The calendar time scale

• The geological time scale

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When minerals in the water replace the organism's original material and harden in to rock and form a fossil is called ___.

• Mineralization

• Carbonization

• trace fossils

• original material

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When an insect is trapped in tree sap and later harden forms a ________ .

• mineralization

• carbonization

• trace fossils

• original material

In relative age dating, scientist uses _____________.

• type of fossils found

• types of rocks found in the nearby area

• order of layers of rocks

• order layers of living organisms

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In relative dating, which later is the youngest?

• top

• middle

• bottom

• they all have the same age

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What do the red circles on the picture mean?

• population events

• extinction events

• birth events

• death events

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