Clues to Earth's Past Vocabulary Quizziz

The preserved remains or evidence of ancient living things is called...

• a paleontologist

• a fossil

• a trace fossil

• a mold

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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The idea that conditions and organisms on earth change in quick, violent events is called...

• paleontology

• uniformitarianism

• science

• catastrophism

A principle that states that geologic processes that occur today are similar to those that have occurred in the past is called...

• uniformitarianism

• paleontology

• catastrophism

• geological science

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The fossilized carbon outline of an organism or part of an organism is called...

• a trace fossil

• carbon film

• a mold

• a cast

The impression in a rock left by ancient organisms is called...

• a mold

• a cast

• a rock

• a trace fossil

a fossil copy of an organism made when a mold of the organism is filled with sediment or mineral deposits

• a mold

• a cast

• a rock

• a moldy rock

The preserved evidence of the activity of an organism is called...

• a fossil

• a paleontologist

• a trace fossil

• the scientific method

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The scientists who study fossils are called...

• really cool people

• scientists

• geologists

• paleontologists

The age of rocks and geologic features compared with other rocks and features nearby is called...

• Absolute age

• Relative age

• Geological age

• Approximate age

The principle that in undisturbed rock layers, the oldest rocks are on the bottom is called...

• Juxaposition

• Superposition

• Inclusion

• Unconformity

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