Lesson 1 And 2 Unit 2

Question 1

Uniformitarianism

Answer 1

Geological processes explained by current geo

Logical processes

Question 2

Fossils

Answer 2

Remains of a past organism

Question 3

Trace fossils

Answer 3

Tracks

Burrows

Question 4

Ice core

Answer 4

Cylinders of ice

Question 5

Relative dating

Answer 5

Getting the about date of when a fossil lived

Question 6

Superposition

Answer 6

The order that rocks go in

Question 7

Uncomformity

Answer 7

A break in geologic record

Question 8

Geologic column

Answer 8

Ordered arrangement of rocks by there relative ages

Question 9

What are the five ways that organisms can become preserved as fossils

Answer 9

Trapped in Amber trapped in asphalt buried in rock become frozen become petrified

Question 10

What are trace fossils and what is two examples of trace fossils

Answer 10

Boroughs and footprints are two examples of trace fossils

Question 11

What can fossils tell us

Answer 11

They can tell us what used to be on earth

Question 12

What are 10 reasons rocks are important

Answer 12

One state ability to the surface 
two preserves Earths past 
three shelters earths animals 
four captures Earth's history 
five coal for energy 
six organic matter 
seven tools 
eight transportation 
nine protection 
10 new things

Question 13

What is the single landmass that used to be earth called

Answer 13

Pangaea

Question 14

What does the movement of earths tectonic plates cause

Answer 14

Extraordinary events

Question 15

What are the four unconformities or ways that sedimentary rock layers are disturbed

Answer 15

One tilting
two faults
three folding
4 intrusions