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WorksheetsUnit 7 Lesson 1 Geologic Change over Time
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 19mins
Guess the principle: The fascinating idea that Earth's processes we see today are just like those from the past
unconformities
uniformitariansim
superposition
What are those fascinating remains, imprints, or traces of creatures that roamed the Earth long before us?
water
superposition
fossils
Ready to dig into the past? Guess where we usually uncover cool fossils!
sedimentary rock
rock candy
hard rock
Guess how old our amazing planet Earth is according to Paleontologists?
2015 years old
3.6 billion years old
4.6 billion years old
4.6 million years old
What do we call the fossilized tracks or other intriguing evidence of an organism's past activity?
trail
trace
index
absolute
Who's the detective of ancient life, unraveling the mysteries of organisms that roamed the Earth long before us through their fossilized clues?
chemist
biologist
astrologist
paleontologist
Can you guess what this picture is an example of? It's a fascinating glimpse into the past!
trace fossil.
carbonization.
original fossil.
cast.
Imagine you're a detective, uncovering the secrets of ancient times. You come across a unique fossil, not of the organism itself, but of its movements in soft sediment. What's this intriguing type of fossil called?
bone fossil
trace fossil
frozen fossil
petrified fossil
Imagine you're a time-traveling detective, and you've discovered fossils of the same plants and animals on continents now separated by the vast Atlantic Ocean. What mind-blowing conclusion does this clue lead you to?
These ancient creatures were incredible swimmers and crossed the Atlantic Ocean.
Once upon a time, the Atlantic Ocean was a giant freshwater lake.
The continents now divided by the Atlantic Ocean were once part of a supercontinent.
The continents split by the Atlantic Ocean have hosted the same kinds of organisms for millions of years, unchanged.
Guess what? The weather conditions over a long period of time have a special name! Can you figure out what it is?
uniformitarianism
climate
weather
global warming
