Fossil Vocabulary Game
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- Q1
What are fossils?
newest rock layers are on top of the older one
study of fossils
remains or traces of animals, plants, and other organisms from the remote past
rocks made of layers of sediment
300s - Q2
What is the fossil record?
history of life as documented by all fossils, preserved in sedimentary rock strata
300s - Q3
What is an index fossil?
remains or traces of animals or plants
all of Earth's history represented in a time chart
special fossils that indicate to geologists the boundaries of geological time
a fossil found in rock
300s - Q4
What is absolute age?
an accurate form of dating using the decay of elements to get a number age
age of something compared to things found around it
branch of geology dealing with the arrangement of sedimentary rock layers
remains or traces of animals or plants from the remote past
300s - Q5
What is the geologic time scale?
all of Earth's geological history represented on a chronological time chart
300s - Q6
What is stratigraphy?
a branch of geology dealing with the arrangement of sedimentary rock layers or strata
300s - Q7
What is relative age?
determines the relative order of past events, but not the absolute or exact age
300s - Q8
What is petrification?
when the organic material is converted into stone or something similar
300s - Q9
What is a replacement fossil?
when water dissolves the original solid material and replaces them with mineral matter
300s - Q10
What is the Law of Superposition?
the newest rock layers are on top of the older ones unless a disturbance occurs
300s - Q11
What is the study of fossils called?
Geology
Paleontology
Biology
Virology
300s - Q12
What is permineralization?
groundwater carries dissolved materials into the pore and cavities of bone, preserving the original material
300s - Q13
The process by which all substances of plants and animals decay, except the carbon
permineralization
petrification
replacement
carbonization
300s - Q14
What types of organisms are trapped in resin fossils?
insects and invertebrates
30s - Q15
What are trace fossils?
indirect evidence of life in the past rather than the body of the animal
300s