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What is more likely to fossilize a jellyfish or a snail? Why?
Snail because it has a hard shell and can be buried in sediment.
It is made of fine sediment to keep out water carrying oxygen.
Every animal of the same type die.
Finds exact age of organisms.
A scientist uses the radioactive decay of uranium to find the age of a rock.
slow
Index fossils are found in a few locations around the world.
Used to help relative date fossils.
Which one is NOT a characteristics of index fossils?
Snail because it has a hard shell and can be buried in sediment.
It is made of fine sediment to keep out water carrying oxygen.
Every animal of the same type die.
Finds exact age of organisms.
A scientist uses the radioactive decay of uranium to find the age of a rock.
slow
Index fossils are found in a few locations around the world.
Used to help relative date fossils.
How should an organism decompose to have the chance at being a fossil?
Snail because it has a hard shell and can be buried in sediment.
It is made of fine sediment to keep out water carrying oxygen.
Every animal of the same type die.
Finds exact age of organisms.
A scientist uses the radioactive decay of uranium to find the age of a rock.
slow
Index fossils are found in a few locations around the world.
Used to help relative date fossils.
What is absolute dating?
Snail because it has a hard shell and can be buried in sediment.
It is made of fine sediment to keep out water carrying oxygen.
Every animal of the same type die.
Finds exact age of organisms.
A scientist uses the radioactive decay of uranium to find the age of a rock.
slow
Index fossils are found in a few locations around the world.
Used to help relative date fossils.
What are index fossils?
Snail because it has a hard shell and can be buried in sediment.
It is made of fine sediment to keep out water carrying oxygen.
Every animal of the same type die.
Finds exact age of organisms.
A scientist uses the radioactive decay of uranium to find the age of a rock.
slow
Index fossils are found in a few locations around the world.
Used to help relative date fossils.
What is an extinction?
Snail because it has a hard shell and can be buried in sediment.
It is made of fine sediment to keep out water carrying oxygen.
Every animal of the same type die.
Finds exact age of organisms.
A scientist uses the radioactive decay of uranium to find the age of a rock.
slow
Index fossils are found in a few locations around the world.
Used to help relative date fossils.
Why is limestone a good sedimentary rock for fossil creation?
Snail because it has a hard shell and can be buried in sediment.
It is made of fine sediment to keep out water carrying oxygen.
Every animal of the same type die.
Finds exact age of organisms.
A scientist uses the radioactive decay of uranium to find the age of a rock.
slow
Index fossils are found in a few locations around the world.
Used to help relative date fossils.
Which one is an example of absolute dating?
Snail because it has a hard shell and can be buried in sediment.
It is made of fine sediment to keep out water carrying oxygen.
Every animal of the same type die.
Finds exact age of organisms.
A scientist uses the radioactive decay of uranium to find the age of a rock.
slow
Index fossils are found in a few locations around the world.
Used to help relative date fossils.
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