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- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Scientists who study fossils are calledGeologistsPaleontologistsFossil ScientistsMeteorologists
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What type of fossil is this?MoldCastPreserved remainsTrace fossil - Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which layer is oldest?AWGZ
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In which kind of rock do we usually find a fossil?
sedimentary rock
igneous rock
metamorphic rock
magma rock
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.How old do Paleontologists believe the Earth is?2015 years old3.6 billion years old4.6 billion years old4.6 million years old
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.According to the law of superposition, which layer is the youngest?ABC
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which is the most recent era of time- the one that we are currently in?MesozoicPaleozoicCenozoicPrecambrian
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The era that dinosaurs ruled the Earth's land, air and oceans.CenozoicPaleozoicPrecambrianMesozoic
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which is an example of a trace fossil?animal trackscoproliteburrowsall of the answers given here
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What is an example of an index fossil?t-rex fossilsinsect in ambertrilobites or ammoniteswoolly mammoth fossils
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What is a fossil?the remains or physical evidence of an organism preserved by geologic processesfossils can be preserved in rock, amber, asphalt, or iceany naturally preserved evidence of animal activityfossil of an organism that lived during a relatively short period of time
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Fossilized tracks or other evidence of activity of an organism.trailtraceindexabsolute
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which of the following would NOT help an organism become fossilized?shellskeletonburied quickly with sedimentsoft body parts
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.According to the law of superposition, the oldest fossils are foundAt the top of the rock layersNear the bottom of the rock layersIn the middle of the rock layersSomewhat near the surface
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which rock layer contains the newest fossils?FEBC
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Which statement is true about the fossil record?
It provides evidence for history of life on Earth
It is a record of all living things
It shows how our climate has remained the same over time
It does not support the theory of evolution
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An organism that no longer exists on Earth is called _____.
extinct
decayed
evolved
preserved
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Saying you are older than your sister is an example of _____.
Relative age dating
Absolute age dating
Fossils
Radioactive dating
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The Geologic Time Scale is a record of what _____.
old geologists
the known history of rocks and fossils
a list of every living thing ever
the notes of geology music
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Pangea broke up in the _____.
Mesozoic Era
Cenozoic Era
Paleozoic Era
Precambrian Era