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The remains, imprints, or traces of prehistoric organisms are called.... ?
a) Casts
b) Fossils
c) Index Fossils
d) Old
Why are fossils important
a) They are old
b) They are valuable
c) They tell us when, where, and how organisms lived.
d) They tell us what organisms ate.
How do fossils form?
a) Organisms die, get buried slowly without being destroyed, and turn into a rock or preserved remain.
b) Organisms get lucky.
c) Organisms don't become fossils.
d) Organisms die, get buried quickly without being destroyed, and turn into a rock or preserved remain.
What kind of rock are fossils mostly found in?
a) Metamorphic
b) Sedimentary
c) Igenous
d) None of the above.
Rock fossils are all of the following types except...
a) Casts
b) preserved remains
c) permineralized remains
d) molds
What type of rock fossil shows evidence an animal was there without finding the body itself?
a) Mold Fossil
b) Cast Fossil
c) Index Fossil
d) Trace Fossil
What type of fossil shows little to no change in an organisms body?
a) Index fossil
b) permineralized remains
c) trace fossil
d) preserved remains
Who study's fossils?
a) Palentologists
b) Biologists
c) Chemist
d) Geologists
What is the difference between relative and absolute age?
a) Absolute age is a comparison, relative age is the number age usually in years.
b) Relative age is a comparison, absolute age is the number age usually in years.
c) Relative age is not real.
d) Absolute age is always accurate.
Which of the statements is a Relative age?
a) Jerry is 12.
b) Annie is 12 years and 11 months old.
c) Annie is older than jerry.
d) Rachel is 25.
Using the principle of super position, in a n undisturbed rock sequence, the oldest rock is located where?
a) On top
b) On the bottom
c) There's no way to tell.
d) In the middle
To be considered an index fossil a species must have been all of the following except...?
a) Abundant ( A lot of them).
b) Widespread (lots of places).
c) Around for a long period of time.
d) Around for a short period of time.
A gap in the rock record is called a/an...?
a) Hole
b) Mystery
c) Principle of Superposition
d) Unconformity
The idea that the processes occurring on Earth today are the same as those that occurred int the past is called.. ?
a) Principle of Superposition
b) Uniformitarianism
c) Science
d) Index Fossils
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