Fossils and Sedimentary Rocks

The process of layers become stuck together like glue forming sedimentary rocks

• sticking

• pressuring

• cementation

• deposition

Which of the following is NOT a fossil fuel.

• coal

• carbon dioxide

• petroleum oil

• natural gas

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What must be present for Fossil Fuels to form?

• Bones and Sediment

• Dead Organisms and Layers of Sediment

• Dead Organisms, Layers of Sediment, and Heat & Pressure over time

• Bones, Layers of Sediment, and Heat & Pressure over time

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Fossil Fuels are formed...

• From the remains of organisms

• By high winds and temperatures

• In shallow areas over short period of time.

• In shallow areas over short periods of time.

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A fossil is:

• preserved bones, teeth, or shells from long ago

• preserved tracks, burrows, or impressions from long ago

• preserved candy wrappers, soda cans, and baseball caps from long ago

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Rapid burial is important for fossilization because:

• it causes erosion

• it protects the dead organism from compaction

• it protects the dead organism from physical and biological destruction and decomposition

Fossils are more likely to be found in:

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• all of the above

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Few organisms ever become fossils because:

• they die in an environment where fossils rarely form

• they are destroyed or decomposed before they can become fossils

• they are made of soft body structuers that do not fossilize well

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Which one would be most likely to turn into a fossil?

• a caterpillar

• a mammoth

• a rock

• sediments

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Why is a mammoth more likely to fossilize than a caterpillar?

• because the mammoth is bigger

• because hard parts like bones and teeth are more likely to be preserved

• because soft tissue fossilizes better

• because undigested food in the stomach helps the fossilization process

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