This footprint is an example of which type of fossil?
This footprint is an example of which type of fossil?
Use your notebook and knowledge gained from our investigation of geologic time, the laws supporting it, and how fossils are created. Take your time and ask for assistance with individual questions if you don't know how to answer it. Product Grade: 25 points in the grade book, but 30 possible here :).
The Law of Inclusions says that if a rock layer contains pieces of another layer, then the pieces inside are ________________ the layer they are in.
Fossils can be used to tell us what Earth was like in the past.
This footprint is an example of which type of fossil?
Protected from weathering
Vulnerable to being eaten by scavengers
Buried slowly by large boulders
Buried quickly by sediment
Soft body parts like muscle
Melted into magma
Hard body parts like bones
Died in the rain forest
Likely to Become a Fossil
Unlikely to Become a Fossil
Fossils are always found in Igneous rock.
Given the time of each event, sort them into the era of Earth's history they would have happened.
Ms. McBee, aided by Mr. Dodson, defeats General Reed in the Battle of the Alphas. (35 million years ago)
Mr. Dodson is elected as the new leader of the world (Dodmander) and establishes the nation of Dodsonia. (20 million years ago)
Ms. McBee assembles a resistance against Mr. Rathfon (100 million years ago)
Mr. Rathfon insults all dinosaurs so hard they go extinct (66 million years ago)
Mr. Gross accuses Mr. Rathfon of gaslighting and tomfoolery and is never heard from again. (170 million years ago)
Mr. Rathfon Rises to power (350 million years ago)
Cenozoic
Mesozoic
Paleozoic
From YOUNGEST to OLDEST, what is the correct order of these rock layers?
C
G
A
D
F
B
E
Explain your answer to #6 using evidence from the picture and reasoning from the Laws of Relative Dating. Your answer should be at least 3 sentences.
Draw an event from the Geologic Timeline in your Notebook. Give ERA and How long ago it happened.