8.E.2 Earth's History Vocabulary Review
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- Q 1/36Score 0The preserved remains or traces of living things.29FossilEvolutionCarbon filmExtinct
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- Q1The preserved remains or traces of living things.FossilEvolutionCarbon filmExtinct60s8.E.2.1
- Q2The type of rock that is made of hardened sediment.ExtrusionSedimentary rockIndex FossilPetrified Fossil60s8.E.2.1
- Q3A fossil formed when an organism buried in sediment dissolves, leaving a hollow area.DisconformityMoldIndex FossilCarbon Film60s8.E.2.1
- Q4Fossils of widely distributed organisms that lived during only one short period.Index fossilAbsolute AgeCarbon FilmMold60s8.E.2.1
- Q5A fossil in which minerals replace all or part of an organism.Petrified fossilIndex FossilMoldCast60s8.E.2.1
- Q6A type of fossil consisting of an extremely thin coating of carbon on rock.Carbon filmCastIndex FossilMold60s8.E.2.1
- Q7A type of fossil that provides evidence of the activities of ancient organisms.MoldTrace fossilCastIndex Fossil60s8.E.2.1
- Q8A scientist who studies fossils to learn about organisms that lived long ago.ChemistPaleontologistBiologistZoologist60s8.E.2.1
- Q9The process by which all the different kinds of living things have changed over time.ExtrustionEvolutionExtinctLaw of Superposition60s8.E.2.1
- Q10Describes a type of organism that no longer exists anywhere on Earth.ExtinctIndex FossilGeologic Time ScaleEra60s8.E.2.1
- Q11The age of a rock compared to the ages of rock layers.Relative ageMass ExtinctionTrace FossilPrinciple of Continuity60s8.E.2.1
- Q12The age of a rock given as the number of years since the rock formed.SpeciationAbsolute agePrinciple of SuperpositionRelative age60s8.E.2.1
- Q13The geologic principle that states that in horizontal layers of sedimentary rock. Each layer is older than the layer above it and younger than the layer below it.UniformitarianismFaultPrinciple of horizontalityLaw of superposition60s8.E.2.1
- Q14An igneous rock layer formed when lava flows onto Earth's surface and hardens.FaultExtrusionHalf-lifeIntrusion60s8.E.2.1
- Q15An igneous rock layer formed when magma hardens beneath Earth's surface.IntrusionHalf-lifeFaultExtrusion30s8.E.2.1
- Q16A break or crack in Earth's lithosphere along which the rocks move.FaultIntrusionExtrusionGlobal Broiling Theory60s8.E.2.1
- Q17A place where an old, eroded rock surface is in contact with a newer rock layer.DisconformityUnconformityMoldTrace Fossil30s8.E.2.1
- Q18The breakdown of a radioactive element, releasing particles and energy.Geologic Time ScaleRadioactive decayPeroidPrinciple of Continuity60s8.E.2.1
- Q19The length of time needed for half of the atoms of a sample of a radioactive isotope to decay.Half-lifeFaultPeriodPangaea60s8.E.2.1
- Q20A record of the geologic events and life forms in Earth's history.Carbon filmGeologic time scaleLaw of SuperpositionExtrusion60s8.E.2.1
