Unit 5: Fossils, Rock Layers, and Pangaea

The PRESERVED remains or traces of plants and animals (organisms) that lived long ago.

• Leftover

• Plate tectonic

• Fossil

• Convergent boundary

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Name of the scientist who developed the hypothesis of Continental Drift.

• Amber Wilcoxson

• Alfred Wegener

• Aristotle

• Albert Einstein

True or False: An animal is only likely to become fossilized if it is buried quickly after it dies.

(type True or False)

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If an organism is exposed to air and sunlight it will decompose_____.

• Quickly

• Slowly

• Steadily

• Beautifully

The minimum amount of time it takes a fossil to form.

________ years. (just type the number -- include the comma)

This is an example of which type of fossil?

• Fully formed fossil

• Body fossil

• Trace fossil

• Glossopteris

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Mostly made from the hard parts of the body, including bones, claws and teeth.

• Glossopteris

• Trace fossil

• Lystrosaurus

• Body fossil

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The lines you see in the rock, which is made up of sediment deposited horizontally, is known as rock _______.

• Magma

• Strata

• Morphic

• Placement

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Which type of rock is made from hardened magma?

• Papyrus

• Igneous rock

• Glacial rock

• Sedimentary rock

Which type of rock is best for relative dating a fossil?

• Sedimentary rock

• Igneous rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Glacial rock

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