Fossil Activity

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.

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_______  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

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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)

pterosaur
homo sapiens
protorosaurs
trilobite
dyrosaurs

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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

7

Medium

6

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

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

7

Hard

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

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

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

Fossil Activity

Easy

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)

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

Medium

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

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

Hard

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

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

Easy

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)

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

Medium

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

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

Hard

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

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

Fossil Activity

Fossil Activity

Easy

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)

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

Medium

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

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

Hard

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

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

Easy

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)

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

Medium

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

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

Hard

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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