Rock Layers
Fossils can be found in this type of rock
What is sedimentary rock?
Period Paleogene is in what era
What is Cenozoic
A scientist who studies the Earth's crust as well as the processes and history that shaped it
What is a Geologist?
This term can be reffered to as the bottom layer being the oldest and the youngest would be the top layer
What is law of superposition
What is fossil resin?
This type of rock can cool fast or slow
Proterozoic, Archean, and Hadean
What is Precambrian?
This type of graph is used in dealing with the arrangement of sedimentary rock layers or strata
A scientist who studies the Earth's crust
This is when wood can be turned into a shiny substance
What is petrified wood?
Physical properties of this rock include ribbon-like layers and crystals
Middle-life era
What is mesozoic?
What is relative age?
The Hadean, Archean, and Proterozoic are categories in the era
What is Precambrian?
Scientist who studies fossil remains
Who is a paleontologist?
Gneiss and Marble are examples of which rock?
What is Metamorphic rock?
What is Paleozoic
Earth's geological history represented on a chronological time chart
What is geologic time scale?
65-250 m.y. can be referred to as what time period
What is mesozoic?
What is petrification?
Can be formed when sediment accumulate, compact, and cements together
What is sedimentary rock?
What is Cenozoic?
Most accurate form of dating
What is radiometric dating?
Todays era
What is cenozoic?
Whole mammals can be preserved in this type of fossilization
What is tar and ice?