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Clues to Earth's Past

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
_______ are the preserved remains or traces of living things.
a)
bones
b)
fossils
c)
artifacts
d)
organic matter
2.
A(n) ______ is an organism that lived for a short amount of time , were plentiful, and lived in a wide range of places around the globe. Simply put, it's the most common type of fossil found
a)
index fossil
b)
cast fossil
c)
perserved fossil
d)
petrified fossil
3.

The amount of time it takes for one-half of the original amount of an isotope to decay is known as its________.

a)

Correlation

b)

Half-life

c)

Period

d)

radioactivity

4.

A(n) _____________ forms when the hollowed-out impression of a fossil organism becomes filled with minerals or sediment.

a)

cast

b)

mold

c)

gene

d)

index fossil

5.
Fossils in which the spaces inside are filled with minerals from ground water 
a)
carbon film
b)
relative age
c)
premineralized remains
d)
index fossil
6.
A thin film of carbon that shows the silhouette of an organism is called 
a)
amber
b)
carbon film
c)
index fossil
d)
premineralied remains
7.
Fossilized tracks and other evidence of the activity of organisms are called 
a)
amber
b)
cast
c)
trace fossils
d)
index fossils
8.

The age of an object in relation to the age of other objects.

a)

Absolute Age

b)

Relative Age

c)

Index fossil

d)

Trace fossil

9.

The principle that a sedimentary rock layer is older than the layers above it and younger than the layers below it if the layers are not disturbed.

a)

Law of Superposition

b)

Law of Crosscutting Relationships

c)

Principle of Lateral Continuity

d)

Principle of Original Horizontality

10.

What principle did James Hutton use to determine that Earth was much older than a few thousand years old?

a)

superposition

b)

uniformitarianism

c)

conformitarianism

d)

disconformitarianism

11.

The numerical age, in years, of any object.

a)

absolute age

b)

relative age

c)

space age

d)

old age

12.

Gaps in rock layers are called

a)

unconformities

b)

index fossils

c)

half-lives

d)

none of the above

13.
Cavity in a rock made when an organism decayed
a)
cast
b)
mold 
c)
original remains
14.

Which type of fossil is this?

a)

Mold

b)

Cast

c)

Preserved original remains

d)

Trace