Rock and Fossil Record

What is the study of past life as rocks or fossils?

• Paleontology
• Archeology
• Fossilology

What is the idea that geologic processes are occurring now are the same as those that occurred in the past?

• Unconformities
• Uniformitarianism
• Epicism

What is the science that combines uniformitarianism and catastrophism?

• Modern geology
• Paleontology
• Archeology
• Ancient geography

 What is the idea that geologic change occurs suddenly?

• Uniformitinarianism
• Geologic Breakdown
• Catastrophism
• Geologic Purge

What is it called when a fossilized mark is found in soft sediment that was formed by the movement of an animal?

• Index fossil
• Trace fossil
• Sludge
• Geologic Time

What forms when sediment fills in a cavity left by a dead organism?

• Cast
• Index
• Trace
• Geology

What type of fossil is a mark or cavity made by a body part?

• Cast
• Index
• Mold
• Trace

What is found only in one layer of rock that indicates a geologic age?

• Cast fossil
• Index fossil
• Mold Fossil
• Geologic Rock

What type of dating indicates an approximate age of a fossil in relationship to other layers of rock in an area?

• Relative dating
• Absolute Dating

What type of daiting indicates a specific age of a rock by using methods such as carbon dating or radioactive decay?

• Relative Dating
• Absolute Dating