Study: Geologic

The geologic record contains many kinds of evidence of Earth's past. Complete the table to 

summarize five of these kinds of evidence

• Fossils

• Planet

• Landforms

• Sedimentary Rock Layers

Most fossils form in ______ after dead animals and plants get buried in sediments

Fossils show what kinds of _____ lived in the past.

The kinds of living things that became fossils 

show what the _____ was once like in the places where they are found. 

What does it mean for a species to be extinct? 

• Partying

• It is no longer living on Earth

• Go see the Grand Canyon

• Living in a cave

How to find age parts of earth:

Relative dating

• Involves comparing the positions of rocks

• Ask an alien

• Check a rock for a birth certificate

• Determines whether one part of a rock 

  formation is 

  older or younger than another

How to find age parts of earth: Absolute dating

• Use a magic 8-ball and ask

• Involves analyzing the chemical makeup of rock

• Determines 

  how old the rock is

• Flip a coin

Pick what words that correctly complete the sentences: The law of superposition is used in the process of [absolute/relative] dating

Pick what words that correctly complete the sentences: According to the law of superposition, [older/younger] layers of rock are found on top of [older/younger] layers of rock.

Pick what words that correctly complete the sentences: According to the law of superposition, [older/younger] layers of rock are found on top of [older/younger] layers of rock.