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Fossils are _ or __ of ancient organisms that are naturally preserved in stone.

Bones; rocks

Remnants; impressions

Fuels; dead

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Preserved remains of plants and animals

Body fossil

Life fossils

Biofossil

Trace fossil

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The process of preserving fossils in stone

Sedimentation

Cementation

Fossilization

Expectation

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Unaltered fossils are...

Insects trapped in amber

Mummified animals/plants/etc.

Remains of animals trapped in tar pits

Frozen remains of animals or plants

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Carbonized layers of plant remains create a well-known fossil fuel

Oil

Coal

Natural gas

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Permineralization

When the sky falls

When water or minerals from the ground enter the pores of a dead organism

When water defies gravity

When nutrients diffuse out of a living organisms as it is dying.

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Fossils can tell us about the ancient past

Tačno

Netačno

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The law of superposition states that the youngest rocks are on the bottom layer

Tačno

Netačno

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Wind blowing sand (1) into the bowl and dropping off sediments (2) into a bowl is an example of...

subduction (1); compaction (2)

weathering (1); cross-polination (2)

erosion (1); deposition (2)

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Over time erosion and deposition of sediments forms layers. Which layers are the youngest?

The layers of dirt on the top

The layers of sand at the bottom

The layers of rocks in the middle

IW11.A Super.DoFirst

Fossils are _____ or ______ of ancient organisms that are naturally preserved in stone.

Preserved remains of plants and animals

The process of preserving fossils in stone

Unaltered fossils are...

Carbonized layers of plant remains create a well-known fossil fuel

Permineralization

Fossils can tell us about the ancient past

The law of superposition states that the youngest rocks are on the bottom layer

Wind blowing sand (1) into the bowl and dropping off sediments (2) into a bowl is an example of...

Over time erosion and deposition of sediments forms layers. Which layers are the youngest?

Fossils are _____ or ______ of ancient organisms that are naturally preserved in stone.

Preserved remains of plants and animals

The process of preserving fossils in stone

Unaltered fossils are...

Carbonized layers of plant remains create a well-known fossil fuel

Permineralization

Fossils can tell us about the ancient past

The law of superposition states that the youngest rocks are on the bottom layer

Wind blowing sand (1) into the bowl and dropping off sediments (2) into a bowl is an example of...

Over time erosion and deposition of sediments forms layers. Which layers are the youngest?

Fossils are _ or __ of ancient organisms that are naturally preserved in stone.

Fossils are _ or __ of ancient organisms that are naturally preserved in stone.