Fossils and Geologic Time

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La Brea tar pits preserved remains of saber-toothed cats and wooly mammoths

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True

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Fossil formation

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Preservation of remains in sedimentary rock over time

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Purpose of the geologic time scale

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Categorize and date geological events in Earth's history

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Fossil formed in ice

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Ice fossil

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Fossils found in sedimentary rocks?

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True

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Process of minerals replacing organic material

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Mineralization

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Fossil in amber

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Amber fossil

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Longest division of geologic time

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eon

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Geologic time scale divisions

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Eons, eras, periods, epochs - True

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Study of fossils

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Paleontology