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Fossil Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Uniforitarianism | A principle that geologic process that occurred in the past can be explained by current geological processes |
| Trace Fossil | A fossilized structure such as footprints or a coprolite that formed in sedimentary rock by animal activity on or within a soft sediment |
| fossil | Left over animal bones found underground on the earth |
| climate | weather conditions in a certain are over a period of time |
| ice core | a long cylinder of ice obtained from driving through ice caps or ice sheet |
| Earth age | 4.6 billion years old |
| fossils most likely to be found in | sedimentary rock |
| petrified wood is | stone/rock |
| amber | found in old trees |
| asphalt pits | most likely to have full animal bones |
| ways fossils can be formed | Carbonization |