Fossils and Relative Age of Rocks
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- Q1Fossils can form when __________________________ in ground water replace the tissues of dead organisms.papermineralssandwater30s
- Q2Which item is an example of preserved remains?a thin layer of carbona trilobite mold and casta mammoth's footprintan insect trapped in amber30s
- Q3What is a cast fossil?a hollow area in the shape of an organisma thin layer of carbonorganism trapped in tar, amber, or iceA solid copy of an organism made from a mold.30s
- Q4A fossil that is widely distributed and only existed for a brief time is an...index fossilcarbon film fossiltrace fossilcast fossil30s
- Q5A hollow area in sediment in the shape of an organism, or part of an organism...carbon film fossilMold fossilcast fossiltrace fossil30s
- Q6Fossil in which minerals replace all of an organism or a part of it. Eventually only the minerals are left behind and look like the organism.mold fossilcast fossilcarbon film fossilpetrified fossil30s
- Q7An extremely thin layer of carbon on a rock......preserved remainscarbon film fossilpetrified fossilmold fossil30s
- Q8Which object would most likely become a fossil?an bacteriaa shark tootha large jellyfisha pine needle30s
- Q9How do we know dinosaurs existed?history booksmoviesFossilslegends and stories30s
- Q10When rock layers ages are compared to each other by their position.......intrusionabsolute age of rockextrusionrelative age of rocks30s
- Q11When magma cools and hardens into a mass of igneous rock inside of rock layers...extrusionindex fossilfaultintrusion30s
- Q12Lava that hardens on the surface is called...a faultan extrusiona trace fossilan intrusion30s
- Q13The absolute age of rock is...the age compared to intrusionsthe exact number of years since the rock formedthe age compared to faultsthe age compared to other rocks around it30s
- Q14This law states that, in horizontal sedimentary rock layers the oldest layer is at the bottom . Each higher layer is younger than the layers below it.The Law GravityThe Law of RelativityNewton's LawsThe Law of Superposition30s