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Which would most likely be considered the oldest?
a) fossil found as an impression in a tree
b) fossil found buried deep within layers of rock
c) fossil found as an impression in concrete
d) fossil found shallowly buried within layers of rock

How is relative age found?
a) Law and Order
b) Carbon 14
c) Index Fossils
d) Radioactive Dating

How is absolute age measured?
a) Ordering of Rock Layers
b) Radioactive Dating
c) Index Fossils
d) Counting the age

What forms from sediment and deposits horizontally?
a) Sedimentary Rocks
b) Igneous Rocks
c) Fossils
d) Index fossils

Which is not a way rocks are altered/changed?
a) Faults
b) Unconformity
c) Intrustions
d) Fossils

This is when rock layers are eroded or when sediment isn't deposited for a long period of time.
a) Faults
b) Erosion
c) Intrusions
d) Unconformity

Fossils known to have lived in a particular geologic age that can be used to date rock layer
a) Radioactive dating
b) Index fossils
c) Geological timescale
d) Paleontology

States that the top rock layer is the youngest and bottom layer is the youngest
a) Paleontology
b) Index Fossils
c) Law of Superposition
d) Law and Order

This era is known as the ocean age as many ocean animals came to be during this era.
a) Precambrian
b) Paleozoic
c) Mesozoic
d) Cenozoic

Which geologic time period was the longest?
a) Cenozoic
b) Mesozoic
c) Paleozoic
d) Precambrian

What is one thing that we know that has occurred over time?
a) Organisms have become more complex
b) Humans and dinosaurs lived during the same era.
c) Organisms formed from water.
d) Life on Earth will most likely end tomorrow.

If fossils are found in different layers, what can we infer from this?
a) The organism above evolved from the animal below.
b) The organism above preyed on the animal below.
c) The organism's population below was larger than the one above.
d) The two organisms lived in different geological eras.

If two different rock layers contain the same index fossils what can we infer?
a) They are the same age because they contain the same index fossils.
b) They are the same age because they are closer to the top.
c) They are the same age because they are both below the top layer.
d) They are the same age because they are the same rock.

This era is known as the dinosaur era.
a) Precambrian
b) Paleozoic
c) Mesozoic
d) Cenozoic

In regards to how old Earth is, when did humans evolve?
a) Back when prokaryotes formed.
b) During the paleozoic era.
c) Close to present day.
d) During the same times dinosaurs roamed Earth.

This type of fossil forms when a mold is filled with sediment and hardens into the shape of the organism.
a) Carbon fossil
b) Cast fossil
c) Mold fossil
d) Petrified fossil

This type of fossil is an organism dies, and is buried by layers of dirt. Over time, the animal or plant decays and leaves a imprint.
a) mold
b) cast
c) petrified
d) preserved

When minerals soak into the remains and turn them into rocks.
a) Petrified fossil
b) Trace fossil
c) Preserved fossil
d) Mold Fossils

When all or parts of an organism are prevented from decaying by being trapped in ice, sap, or something else.
a) Preserved Fossil
b) Petrified Fossil
c) Trace Fossil
d) Cast Fossil

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