Chapter 4 ECS

Mr. Neumann's favorite sport to watch is

What type of fossil can provide clues about the activities of ancient organisms?

What type of fossil might you find the remains of an insect preserved with little or no change?

The fossils that were widely distributed but only lived during a short time are called

A fossil formed when minerals replace all or part of an organism is called a

What is 15 x 11=

Precambrian Time, which includes most of Earth’s history, began with

How old is Mr. Neumann?

The Cenozoic era is often called the Age of

How many children does Mr. Neumann have?

When is your final exam in Science?

How big was the smallest dinosaur known to exist?

How do most fossils form?

The Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic are divisions in the geologic time scale called

Why are index fossils useful to geologists?

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Footprints and trails are examples of trace fossils.

About how old is the earth according to the "Young Earth theory"?

How many pennies do you use in penny hockey?

What is Mr. Neumann's favorite kind of Neumann candy?

How many years has Mr. Neumann been teaching?

Are there more boys or girls in sixth grade?

Rock layers are always younger than the faults that cut across them.

The law of superposition states that, in horizontal layers of sedimentary rock, each layer is

Originally, the geologic time scale placed Earth’s rocks in order by

What has Mr. Neumann's studyhall been playing on Fridays lately? Not

Radioactive dating enables geologists to determine

The geologic time scale is a record of

The fossils of animals found in the La Brea tar pits are examples of what kind of fossil?

Life on Earth first appeared during Precambrian Time.

Radioactive dating works best with what type of rocks?

What was the key event according to the "Young Earth" theory that changed the earth?

How many days are in the month of May?

A place where an old eroded surface is in contact with a newer rock layer is called a(n)

Fossils usually occur in metamorphic rock.

When half the radioactive atoms of a radioactive element decays this is called its

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What are these called Triassic, the Jurassic, and the Cretaceous

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Radioactive decay occurs when atoms of an unstable element

About 260 million years ago, Earth’s continents came together to form the supercontinent called

Mr. Neumann wears glasses.

What color is the grass outside?

The law of superposition helps geologists determine the absolute age of a rock layer.

How long will Mr. Benton have been a principal by the end of this year?

The fossil record shows that life on Earth has slowly changed. Older rocks contain fossils of

Generally, only the soft parts of organisms become fossils.

The gradual change in living things over time is called?

In general how old would the rock layers be if an intrusion went across them ?

What is a fossil?

A type of organism that no longer exists on Earth is said to be

The relative age of a rock is