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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the remains or prints of a dead organism that is usually found in rock | fossils |
| what is a fossil that shows an animal's activity, like a footprint? | trace fossils |
| What is rock that forms from the deposit of sediment, usually found in layers, called? | sedimentary rock |
| Where would you find older rock layers -- at the top or the bottom? | at the bottom |
| in what era are fossils hard to find? | precambrian era |
| Which era is known as "the age of the dinosaurs"? | mesozoic era |
| when did humans appear? | cenozoic era |
| In what era did the formation of the earth begin? | precambrian era |
| what era did trilobites live in? | paleozoic era |
| what era are we currently in? | cenozoic era |
| How many eras are in earth's history? | 4 |
| what are tiny bits of matter that settle in water? | sediment |