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Naturally formed inorganic solid with crystalline structure C1 $100
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Minerals C1? $100
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Eroded materials carried by wind or water C1 $200
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sediments C1 $200
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What could you conclude if a layer containing a reptile fossil is located above a layer containing an amphibian fossil? C1 $300
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Amphibians existed before reptiles C1 $300
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Grains of sediment undergo what process to form sedimentary rocks? C1 $400
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Compaction and cementation C1 $400
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There are several different layers in the soil along a bank of a creek. Two fossils are found in the bank, one near the bottom of the bank, close to the creek, and one higher up near the top. It can be said that Timer The final Jeopardy question is: C1 final
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The fossil found near the bottom is older than fossil found near the top
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C2 $100 Heat and pressure deep beneath Earth’s surface can change any rock into
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C2 $100 metamorphic
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C2 $200 Where do scientist find the most important source of information used to trace the evolution of life?
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C2 $200 Fossil record
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C2 $300 What do scientist need to study to get a measure of the absolute age of an object?
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C2 $300 Carbon dating of a fossil sample
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C2 $400 Fossils of marine organisms are most often found in
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C2 $400 Sedimentary rocks
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C2 $500 What is any naturally preserved evidence of life?
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C2 $500 Fossils
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C3 $100 What type of rock forms when magma solidifies deep within the Earth?
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C3 $100 Igneous
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C3 $200 What can fossils reveal about Earth’s past?
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C3 $200 Changes in Earth’s climate and surface features
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C3 $300 The geologic processes that shape the Earth now have been at work is called
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C3 $300 Uniformitarianism
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C3 $400 All geologic change occurs suddenly is called
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C3 $400 Catastrophism
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C3 $500 If a rock is younger or older this is called what type of age
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C3 $500 Relative
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C4 $100 What type of rock can fossils be most likely found?
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C4 $100 Sedimentary
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C4 $200 Which one of the following would most likely be found as a fossil? (flower petal, worm, or clam shell)
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C4 $200 Clam shell
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C4 $300 A seashell on top of a hill most likely indicates
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C4 $300 The hill was once under the sea
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C4 $400 The fossil of a tiny horse is found in a layer of rock below the fossil of a larger horse. What could you conclude?
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C4 $400 Tiny horse older than large horse
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C4 $500 Finding a fossil of a palm tree in Alaska could be explained if the climate of Alaska
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C4 $500 Was once warmer than it is now
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C5 $100 Which rock forms in layers?
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C5 $100 Sedimentary rock
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C5 $200 How would you produce a metamorphic rock from sedimentary rock?
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C5 $200 Apply heat and pressure
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C5 $300 Which is the softest mineral on the Moh’s Hardness Scale?
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C5 $300 Talc
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C5 $400 If you found a fossil of a freshwater animal in a desert, what could you conclude?
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C5 $400 A river once flowed through the desert
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C5 $500 Name three types of sedimentary rocks.
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C5 $500 Clastic, chemical, and organic
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(Post Credits Here) This Jeopardy template was created by Dr. Robert Pettis, Director An Adventure of the American Mind, University of South Carolina Spartanburg This Jeopardy game was created by (Mrs. Woods)
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