Fossil Record

Why are similar fossils found all over the world?

• The animals swam to new parts of the world before going extinct

• The land masses were once connected

• The organisms were transported to different areas of the world

• They are not similar fossils.

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Why do you think there are not fossil for every organism that has every lived?

• Many organisms decompose too quickly to become fossils

• They do, the fossils are just destroyed

• Some plants and animals do not have carbon in them

• Many organisms are too large to form fossils

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In which kind of rock do we usually find a fossil?

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

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Fossils are proof of ___________.

• Evolution

• A Higher Power

• Physics

• Newtons 2nd Law

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If you know the age of a rock, you know the relative age of the _________________ that was found inside.

• sticky tar

• fossil

• amber

• ice

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According to the law of superposition, which layer is the youngest?

• A

• B

• C

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If you know the age of a fossil, you know the relative age of the ________________ it was found inside.

• sticky tar

• rock

• amber

• ice

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Each of the following can be fossilized except.

• plants

• teeth

• footprints

• inorganic material

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Fossils of fish are found under land where cows now live. What does this tell you?

• the fish were dropped their by flying birds

• this land was once under the ocean

• fish used to live on land

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The order of rock ________ help paleontologists tell how old a fossil is relative to another.

• strata

• molds

• types

• casts

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