WorksheetsScience (Fossils)
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
What is a fossil?
The remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock
A dino bone
An old, cracked shell
What is relative dating?
The science of determining the order of past events, determining the age of an object in comparison to another
the process of determining an age on a specified time scale in archaeology and geology
a geological theory that states that changes in the earth’s crust throughout history have resulted from the action of uniform, continuous processes
Ooo scary hamster
What is extinction?
the death of all of a species of animal or plant and its remaining living members
geological theory that states that changes in the earth’s crust throughout history have resulted from the action of uniform, continuous processes
the youngest rock is always on top and the oldest rock is always on the bottom so the relative ages can be arranged by the depth of the rocks
No hamster this time
What is the law of superposition
the death of all of a species of animal or plant and its remaining living members
a geological theory that states that changes in the earth’s crust throughout history have resulted from the action of uniform, continuous processes
the youngest rock is always on top and the oldest rock is always on the bottom so the relative ages can be arranged by the depth of the rocks
Law of Uniformitarianism (define it)
(Place holder)
the process of determining an age on a specified time scale in archaeology and geology
the youngest rock is always on top and the oldest rock is always on the bottom so the relative ages can be arranged by the depth of the rocks
a geological theory that states that changes in the earth’s crust throughout history have resulted from the action of uniform, continuous processes
What is absolute dating?
the science of determining the order of past events, determining the age of an object in comparison to another
the process of determining an age on a specified time scale in archaeology and geology
the death of all of a species of animal or plant and its remaining living members
Paleontology
the science of determining the order of past events, determining the age of an object in comparison to another
the youngest rock is always on top and the oldest rock is always on the bottom so the relative ages can be arranged by the depth of the rocks
The study of past life.
Option 4
What do Paleontologists study?
They study fosils
They study grammar
They study fossils
They study cars
What does fossilized mean?
The process of becoming cheese
The process of becoming a computer
The process of becoming extinct
The process of becoming a fossil
What is a petrified fossil?
Some dirt replaces all or part of an organism
Some minerals replace all or part of an organism
Some wood replaces all or part of an organism
Some skin replaces all or part of an organism
What are Mold and Casts?
the copy of the shape of the organism
the copy of the shape of a mold and cast
the copy of the shape of a piece of paper
the copy of the shape of a computer
What are carbon films?
Option 3
the ability to see something move
the ability to see something in a camera
a thin coating of carbon film on the outline of a rock
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