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Question Answer A-100 QUESTION: What type of fossil gave archaeologists evidence that prehistoric birds existed? ANSWER: Imprints ( of feathers)

Question Answer A-200 QUESTION: What type of fossil keeps the original organism in tact? ANSWER: Preserved Fossils

Question Answer A-300 QUESTION: This type of fossil leaves an empty space in the shape of the creature that was there. ANSWER: Molds

Question Answer A-400 QUESTION: This type of fossil turns the original object to stone by minerals entering the organic matter. ANSWER: Petrification

Question Answer A-500 QUESTION: This type of fossil contains no actual parts of the creature. ANSWER: Trace Fossil

Question Answer QUESTION: This is a term that means “to change over time”. ANSWER: Evolve B-100

Question Answer B-200 QUESTION: This is rocks or organic material that has been carried and deposited by wind, water, or even glaciers. ANSWER: Sediment

Question Answer B-300 QUESTION: This is the remains, or evidence, of a living thing. ANSWER: a fossil

Question Answer B-400 QUESTION: This is the fossil of a creature that lived only during one period in time. ANSWER: Index Fossil

Question Answer B-500 QUESTION: This is what you get when minerals fill in the space where organic material ONCE WAS inside of sedimentary rock. ANSWER: Cast

Question Answer C-100 QUESTION: This determines whether a fossil or layer of rock is older or younger than another fossil or layer. ANSWER: Law of Superposition

Question Answer C-200 QUESTION: These are igneous rocks that form within the Earths surface. ANSWER: Intrusion

Question Answer C-300 QUESTION: This is a crack or break along which rocks and layers move. ANSWER: a fault

Question Answer C-400 QUESTION: These occur when igneous rocks form ON Earths surface. ANSWER: extrusion

Question Answer C-500 QUESTION: These are layers of sediment that show a yearly cycle. ANSWER: a varve

Question Answer D-100 QUESTION: What is the process called that bends and distorts the rock layers on the Earth? ANSWER: folding

Question Answer D-200 QUESTION: A footprint is this type of fossil. ANSWER: a Trace Fossil

Question Answer D-300 QUESTION: Do molds and casts represent the remains OR evidence of past organisms? ANSWER: Evidence (they are not actual organic material)

Question Answer D-400 QUESTION: What is Amber? ANSWER: Hardened Evergreen Sap

Question Answer D-500 QUESTION: This is the old eroded surface beneath NEW rock layers. ANSWER: Unconformity

Question Answer E-100 QUESTION: What can we assume about a creature if we unearth a LONG, SHARP, POINTED tooth? ANSWER: it was a carnivore (meat eater)

Question Answer E-200 QUESTION: What of the three types of rock are fossils mostly found in? ANSWER: Sedimentary

Question Answer E-300 QUESTION: In interpreting the Earth’s layers, which layers tend to be the oldest? ANSWER: the lower layers

Question Answer E-400 QUESTION: After studying fossils and rock layers, how old do scientists believe the Earth to be? ANSWER: 4.6 billion years old

Question Answer E-500 QUESTION: What are the three ways that a fossil can be preserved? ANSWER: Ice, Amber, and Tar

Question Answer FINAL JEOPARDY QUESTION: Think back to the Bill Nye film. What percentage of all creatures that have lived on Earth are now extinct? ANSWER: 90%