Fossil Activity

Last updated almost 4 years ago
13 questions
Before Activity Questions
The activity is found in the link below

https://www.amnh.org/ology/features/layersoftime/game.php

Be aware that the levels in the link will not necessarily be exactly the same as the ones below.

You will have to watch the view and go through the site to find the answers to the questions below.
3
_______ are created _______ _______
4
Over millions of years, sedimentary rock layers from sand, slit, dead plants and animals.
The _______ and _______ become fossils, _______ a _______ of that time
2
_______ is _______
5
The time span that a species exists can be seen as a “column” Extending through the rock _______.
Once the species becomes _______, it _______ from the _______ _______ and this column ends
Level Easy
7

Easy

5

Organize these organisms in the order in which they appeared, from younguest (top) to oldest (bottom). (Hover over each fossil type to look at the names)

  1. trilobite
  2. protorosaurs
  3. pterosaur
  4. dyrosaurs
  5. homo sapiens
2

Extra Credit: Level Easy
In the link click on the game and redo level easy. After you check your work you need to put the screenshot below

Level Medium
7

Medium

6

Fill out the table using the information from the question above.

Extinct BEFORE the apperance of flowering plants
Extinct AFTER the apperance of flowering plants
NOT extinct
Protorosaurs
Sharks
Postosaurs
Itchyosaurs
Mutitiuberculates
Trilobites
2

Extra Credit: Level Medium
In the link click on the game and redo level medium. After you check your work you need to put the screenshot below

Level Hard
7

Hard

4

Which 4 organisms lived only for a relatively short period of geologic time?

2

Extra Credit: Level Hard
In the link click on the game and redo level hard. After you check your work you need to put the screenshot below