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Fossil Vocabulary

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 4mins

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Class
Date
1.

A fossil can be best described as?

a)

The remains or traces of once living organisms on earth.

b)

A method of finding the absolute age of something once living

c)

When all individuals but one of a certain species dies off.

2.

The method of finding the absolute age of a rock by comparing the amounts of unstable and stable particles in the rock sample.

a)

fossil record

b)

index fossil

c)

radiometric dating

d)

absolute age

3.

The collection of all known fossils and their placement in order from oldest to most recent is known as....

a)

radiometric dating

b)

index fossil

c)

fossil record

d)

earth's age in history

4.

Extinction can be best described as....

a)

geologic time scale

b)

is used to estimate the absolute time/era of an organism

c)

when ALL individuals of a specific/certain species dies out.

5.

This image represents..

a)

extinction

b)

fossils

c)

fossil record

d)

radiometric dating

6.

The image is an example of?

a)

fossil

b)

fossil record

c)

geologic time scale

d)

radiometric dating

7.
a)

Fossil Record

b)

Extinction

c)

Fossil

d)

Radiometric Dating

8.

This is an example of a fossil...True or False

a)

True

b)

False