Fossil Records and Principle of Superposition

Fossils are found in ____________________________ rock

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Granite

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The preserved remains of an organism from long ago is called a ___________

• stratum

• clast

• fossil

• relative age

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The theory that undisturbed layers of rock have the oldest layers on the bottom and the youngest on the top is called ______

• fossil record

• rock cycle

• law of superposition

• stratum

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Which fossils are found in layer 5.

• A, B

• A, C

• C only

• C, D

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_{Which of the following questions can be answered by studying  these fossil layers?} 

• What did the fish eat?

• Which organisms lived before/after/or at the same time?

• Why did dinosaurs become extinct?

• Are reptiles the ancestors to birds or fish?

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What might you conclude if a fish fossil was found on top of a mountain in Kentucky?

• An Earthquake happened there.

• A Volcano erupted there.

• A forest covered that area for a while.

• A Sea once covered the area.

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How do most fossils form?

• An insect becomes trapped in amber.

• An entire organism becomes frozen in ice.

• A dead organism becomes buried in sediment.

• A dead organism becomes buried in tar.

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According to the law of superposition, the oldest fossils are found

• At the top of the rock layers

• Near the bottom of the rock layers

• Somewhat near the surface

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Which rock layer contains the newest fossils?

• B

• C

• D

• E

• F

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The Geologic Time Scale is a record of what?

• old geologists

• sweet geology music

• the known history of rocks and fossils

• a list of every living thing ever

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