Fossils
Types of fossils
Analyzing the diagram
The process
Misc.
100
The Study of Fossils
What is paleontology
100
This type of fossil shows evidence a living thing was there at some point.
What is trace fossil
100
This is the oldest rock layer.
What is layer B.
100
When studying unknown/new fossils, scientists must these resources. Name two.
What prior knowledge, comparisons to known species, inferences skills, research
100
In Jurassic Park the scientists replicated dinosaurs because they found a mosquito trapped in this.
Amber
200
A person that studies fossils.
What is paleontology
200
This type of fossil is the preserved fossil of an ancient organism.
What is a body fossil.
200
This is the process that may have exposed these rock layers.
What is erosion or glacier movement
200
We can learn this from the fossil record. Name one.
What is past environments, species of the past, or behaviors of extinct species.
200
Fossil fuels account for this percentage of energy people use today.
What is 90%
300
This is the word that means the same thing as superposition.
What is above
300
This type of fossil is a replica of the original organism formed from minerals and stone.
What is cast fossil
300
This is the type of ecosystem that was likely to be present during layers B, C, and D.
What is a marine ecosystem
300
True or False. A rock is a fossil.
What is false
300
This type of dinosaur was the main concern for the characters of Jurassic Park.
What is a raptor.
400
The type of rock that fossils are found in.
What is sedimentary
400
This type of fossil shows the imprint/hollowed shape of an ancient species.
What is mold fossil
400
Science has proven that layer C is 445 million years old which tells us this about layer D.
That layer D is younger than 445 million years old.
400
The word fossil in fossil fuel stands for this.
What is formed from the remains of ancient organisms.
400
This is the age of Miss Strutz.
What is 23
500
This states that the oldest rock layers are found on the bottom and the youngest rock layers are on the top at the surface.
What is the law of superposition.
500
The only part of a shark that might become a fossil.
What is sharks teeth?
500
The footprints in layer F tell us that this type of ecosystem existed at this time.
What is a land environment
500
These are the two examples of a fossil fuels we identified.
What is coal and petroleum.
500
This was the name of the former "supercontinent"
What is Pangea
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