Types of Fossils
This is the actual organism or part of it.
What is a True Fossil?
This provides evidence of the history of life on earth.
What is the "Fossil Record"?
This is the location of the oldest rock fragment on Earth.
What is Australia?
This determines the relative order of rock strata but not the absolute age.
What is 'Relative Dating'?
These rock layers contain fossils of more complex organisms.
What are newer rock layers?
This is an "Indirect" fossil.
What is a "Trace Fossil"?
This estimates the time during which an organism lived and the time at which different geologic processes occurred.
What is 'Relative Dating'?
The oldest rock fragment on Earth contains this mineral.
What is Zircon?
True or False: Faults can cause strata to shift.
What is True?
According to the Law of Superposition, the _____ rock layer is at the bottom.
What is the older layer?
This is an impression of an organism after it dies.
What is a "Mold Fossil"?
True or False: The Geologic Record of Sedimentary Rock Layers is always complete.
What is False?
Dinosaurs lived during this Era.
What is the Mesozoic Era?
Fossils are found in this type of rock.
What is Sedimentary Rock?
Earth is older or newer than 300 Million Years.
What is older?
This is a 'Filled-In Mold Fossil".
What is a "Cast Fossil"?
This is a scientist who studies earth's crust, history, and processes.
Who is a Geologist?
These fossils indicate boundaries in geological time.
What are "Index Fossils"?
True or False: Index Fossils are Abundant.
What is True?
These rock layers contain fossils of simpler organisms.
What are older rock layers?
This forms when the organic matter of a dead organism is turned to stone.
What is a "Petrified Fossil"?
This is a scientist who studies fossil remains on Earth's surface.
Who is a Paleontologist?
Humans live in this Era.
What is the Cenozioc Era?
These are (at least) three characteristics of Index Fossils.
What are being easily recognized, abundance, having a wide geographic distribution, and/or living a short time.
DAILY DOUBLE: This minor antagonist from the 'Ice Age' movies went extinct around 1681 due to the interference of humans.
What is a Dodo Bird?