Download The study of fossils is called?

 The
study of fossils is
called?
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Paleontology
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Younger layers of
undisturbed sedimentary
rocks are above older
layers according to?
 Law
of superposition
 Putting
rocks or events
in proper order
A
fault or body of rock
is younger than any
other body of rock cuts
through according to
the law of ?
 Crosscutting
relationships
 The
numeric age of an
object is called?
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Absolute age
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What are the names of the
two men who were the
“founders or modern
geology”?
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Hutton and Lyell
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Which of the following is not a
clue that is applied to the
Principle of Originality
Horizontality?
A. Graded Bedding
B. Stratification
C. Cross-Beds
D. Ripple Marks
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B. Stratification
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Index fossils found in rock layers
in different areas of the world
indicate that the rock layers
A. formed during the same time
period
B. are still forming
C. formed during different time
periods
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A. Formed during the
same time period
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Almost all fossils are
discovered in what type of
rock?
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Sedimentary
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Which is not a type of
unconformity?
A. nonconformity
B. soconformity
C. angular unconformity
D. disconformity
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B. Soconformity
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Why is mummification
practices successfully in
Egypt?
 Dry
sandy climate
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List two of the four criteria
for something to be an
index fossil
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Must be distinct
Abundant
Widespread
Existed for only a short period of
time
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fossilized remains of an
organism found in very
dry places
Mummification
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hardened tree sap
Amber
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fossilized feces or waste
Coprolite
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carbonized impressions of
plants and fish
Imprint
 minerals
replace
organic material
Petrification
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fossilized stone from the
digestive system of a
dinosaur
Gastrolith
J
K
G,D,F,E,C,H,B,J,A,K
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 G, D,F,E,C,H,B,A,J,K
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