What does a geologist study?

What is the fossil record?

A paleontologist studies fossil remains.

In which time period are we currently living?

Jellyfish are one of the oldest species on Earth.  In what time period did they first appear?

In what time period did Pangaea, the supercontinent, appear?

Dinosaurs, small mammals, and birds are found in this time period.

Which time period is the longest?

What does "relative age" tell about the rock layers or fossils?

What does "absolute age" tell about a rock layer or fossil?

Name at least 1 characteristic of index fossils.

Which rock layer is the newest?

Which fossil is older than the fish fossil (C)?

Approximately how old is the Earth?

Put the time periods in order from oldest to most current.

Preserved remains of plant and animals from the remote past are called

The end of life for a group of organisms, usually a species, is called a

Special fossils that indicate to geologists the boundaries of geological time.

Which fossilization process leaves behind a dark film on a sedimentary rock?

Which type of fossilization occurs when a sticky substance from plants captures and preserves an organism?

What type of fossilization results when the whole animal is preserved?

What parts of organisms become fossils

In what type of rock are fossils most commonly found?

The process where sediment becomes glued together is called

____________ rocks form when rock buried deep inside the Earth change without melting or weathering.

Rocks formed under great pressure (compaction) but no heat are

Molten rock material found on the Earth’s surface is

What is the Rock Cycle?

Which type igneous material cools fastest?

What is the process that helps form existing rock into metamorphic rock?

What is the process that helps form existing rock into sedimentary rock?

___________ rock may contain fossils

 ___________ rock will have banded (ribbon Like) layers.

__________ rock that has cooled fast may look like glass.

 __________ is the term used to describe how sediments are carried to another place.

Movement of the Earth’s tectonic plates creates extreme __________ below Earth’s surface.