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FOSSILS. UNIT ONE. WARM-UP #1. How do most fossils form?. ANSWER. Living things die and their remains are covered by sediments. WARM-UP #2. A fossil formed when minerals replace all or part of an organism is called____________. ANSWER. Petrified fossil. WARM-UP #3. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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FOSSILS
UNIT ONE
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WARM-UP #1
•How do most fossils form?
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ANSWER
•Living things die and their remains are covered by sediments.
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WARM-UP #2
•A fossil formed when minerals replace all or part of an organism is called____________.
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ANSWER
•Petrified fossil
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WARM-UP #3
•Which type of fossil can provide clues about the activities of ancient organisms?
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ANSWER
•Trace fossil
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VOCABUALRY
•Fossil•Mold & cast•Petrified
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VOCABULARY
• Fossil• A trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock• Mold & cast• A fossil formed when an organism buried in sediment dissolves, leaving a hollow area
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VOCABULARY
•Petrified•A fossil in which minerals replace all or part of an organism
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WARM-UP #4
• The fossil record shows that life on Earth has changed over time. For example, paleontologists have found that older rocks contain fossils of
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ANSWER
•organisms that are simpler than those alive today.
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WARM-UP #5
•The relative age of a rock is
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ANSWER
•its age compared to the ages of other rocks.
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WARM-UP #6
•The law of superposition states that, in horizontal layers of sedimentary rock, each layer is
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ANSWER
•older than the layer above it and younger than the layer below it.
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VOCABUALRY
•Carbon film•Trace•Paleontologist
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VOCABUALRY
• Carbon film• A type of fossil consisting of
an extremely thin coating of carbon on rock
• Trace• A type of fossil that provides
evidence 0f the activities of the ancient organism
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VOCABUALRY
•Paleontologist•A scientist that studies fossils to learn about organisms that lived a long time ago
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WARM-UP #7
•What is the age of an intrusion of igneous rock in relation to the sedimentary rock layers through which it passes?
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ANSWER
•always younger
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WARM-UP #8
•The fossils of organisms that were widely distributed but only lived during a short period of time are called
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ANSWER
•index fossils.
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WARM-UP #9
•Why are index fossils useful to geologists?
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ANSWER
•They tell the relative age of the rock in which they occur.
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VOCABUALRY
•Relative age•Absolute age•Law of superposition
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VOCABUALRY
• Relative age• The age of a rock compared to the ages of rock layers• Absolute age• The age of a rock given as the number of years since the rock formed
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VOCABULARY
• Law of superposition• The geologic principle that states that in horizontal layers of sedimentary rock, each layer is older than the layer above it and younger than the layer below it
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WARM-UP #10
•The earliest life forms were
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ANSWER
•single-celled organisms.
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WARM-UP #11
•What is a fossil?
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ANSWER
•the preserved remains or traces of an organism
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WARM-UP #12
• In which type of fossil might you find the remains of an insect preserved with little or no change?
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ANSWER
•fossil in amber
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VOCABUALRY
•unconformity•Index fossil
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VOCABUALRY
• Unconformity• A place where old, eroded rock surface is in contact with a newer rock layer• Index fossil• Fossils distributed organisms that lived during only one short period
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WARM-UP #13
• A type of organism that no longer exists on Earth is said to be __________.
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ANSWER
•extinct.
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WARM-UP #14
•Fossils usually occur in _____________________ rock.
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ANSWER
•sedimentary
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WARM-UP #15
•Generally, only the ________ parts of organisms become fossils.
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ANSWER
•hard
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VOCABUALRY
•Hydrocarbon•Petroleum
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VOCABUALRY
• Hydrocarbon• An energy-rich chemical compound that contains carbon and hydrogen atoms• petroleum• Liquid fossil fuel; oil
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WARM-UP #16
•Footprints and trails are examples of__________________.
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ANSWER
•Trace fossils
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WARM-UP #17
•The law of superposition helps geologists determine the________________ age of a rock layer.
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ANSWER
•relative
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WARM-UP #18
•Rock layers are always _______________ than the faults that cut across them.
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ANSWER
•older
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VOCABUALRY