Special fossils that indicate to geologists the boundaries of geological time.

• Index Fossils

• Trace Fossils

• Mold Fossils

• Cast Fossils

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Which fossilization process leaves behind a dark film on a sedimentary rock?

• Petrification

• Replacement

• Carbonization

• Trace Fossil

Which type of fossilization occurs when a sticky substance from plants captures and preserves an organism?

• Permineralization

• Mold

• Fossil Resin

• Tar

What type of fossilization results when the whole animal is preserved?

• Carbonization

• Replacement

• Mold

• Ice/Freezing

Which type of rock and fossil dating gives the precise age of the rock or fossil?

• Geologic Time Dating

• Absolute Dating

• Relative Dating

• Differential Dating

What is the relationship between rocks and fossils found in the same or rock layer?

• They are relatively the same age.

• They are made of roughly the same materials.

• They are the same species.

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Preserved remains or traces of animals, plants, and other organism from the remote past are called ________________.

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In what type of rock are fossils most commonly found?

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

What parts of organisms become fossils? (Select all that apply).

• Shells

• Muscles

• Teeth & bones

• Skin

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What are 3 requirements for an organism to become a fossil? (In the correct order).

• Left for a long period of time, burial, layers of rock build up

• Quick burial of organism, Layers of sediment build up over organism, Left for a long period of time

• Mummifying organism, burying it, waiting a long period of time

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