Part IV

Question 1

What type of fossil is a hollow area in sediment in the shape of all or part of an organism?

Answer 1

Mold

Question 2

A leaf falls into a shallow lake and is rapidly buried in the sediment. The sediment changes to rock over millions of years. Which type of fossil would most likely be formed?

Answer 2

Carbon Film

Question 3

How do scientists determine the absolute age of rocks?

Answer 3

Radiometric Dating

Question 4

How can fossils be dated?

Answer 4

Comparing Positions.

Measuring Radioactive Elements

Knowing the age of the rock layer they’re in.

Question 5

What is a trace fossil?

Answer 5

When print buried by sediment becomes solid

Question 6

What is the approximate age of the Earth

Answer 6

5 Billion Years

Question 7

_______ ________ help scientists match rock layers and are used to tell the relative ages of the rock layers in which they occur.

Answer 7

Index Fossils

Question 8

What is the difference between the absolute and the relative age of the rocks?

Answer 8

absolute - for sure

relative - estimate (layer)

Question 9

SI Units of Measure

Define / SI Unit used

Answer 9

Mass- Kilogram- Amount of matter an object is made of
Volume- Cubic Meter- Amount of space an object takes up.
Length- Meter- Distance between two points
Density- Kg/M Cubed - Mass per unit of volume
Temperature - Kelvin - How hot or cold something is