Vocabulary True or False Fill in the blank Layers, layers, and more layers All About Fossils!
100
Layer
Define strata
100
False
True or False
Trace fossils are often found in amber
100
Tar, ice, and amber
Original remains are found in __, __, or __
100
A
Which strata is the youngest in column
200
When left I undisturbed, the oldest strata is always at the bottom of the sequence.
What is the Law of Superpostion
200
False
True or False
Relative age is the record of fossils kept by paleontologists
200
Fossil record
The __ is all of fossils people have ever collected
200
B and C
Which two stratas were disturbed in II
400
What is it called when an organism decomposes, it leaves a space in the surrounding rock
What is a mold
400
True
True or False
Index fossils are the remains of an organism that was common and widespread but existed for only about one million years or less
400
Footprints; burrows
Footprints; burrows Trace fossils are fossilized __, trails, and __
400
It might have been a body of water
What do the different organisms found in the layers show about the previous landscape
500
Sediment or minerals the fill the void from the mold and creates a copy of the organisms original shape
What is a cast
500
False
True or False
A fossil has to be at least 700 years old
500
Layered
Sedimentary rock is made out of __ sediments
500
A&A, B&C, C&B, D&D, and E&E
A&A, B&C, C&B, D&D, and E&E Which stratas are the most similar from column
Animals that died out a long time ago
What is extinct
True
True or False
Living and dead can things can be fossils
Absolute Dating
Any method of measuring the actual age of something is __
0
Why does column
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