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Naturally formed inorganic solid with crystalline structure C1 $100

Minerals C1? $100

Eroded materials carried by wind or water C1 $200

sediments C1 $200

What could you conclude if a layer containing a reptile fossil is located above a layer containing an amphibian fossil? C1 $300

Amphibians existed before reptiles C1 $300

Grains of sediment undergo what process to form sedimentary rocks? C1 $400

Compaction and cementation C1 $400

There are several different layers in the soil along a bank of a creek. Two fossils are found in the bank, one near the bottom of the bank, close to the creek, and one higher up near the top. It can be said that Timer The final Jeopardy question is: C1 final

The fossil found near the bottom is older than fossil found near the top

C2 $100 Heat and pressure deep beneath Earth’s surface can change any rock into

C2 $100 metamorphic

C2 $200 Where do scientist find the most important source of information used to trace the evolution of life?

C2 $200 Fossil record

C2 $300 What do scientist need to study to get a measure of the absolute age of an object?

C2 $300 Carbon dating of a fossil sample

C2 $400 Fossils of marine organisms are most often found in

C2 $400 Sedimentary rocks

C2 $500 What is any naturally preserved evidence of life?

C2 $500 Fossils

C3 $100 What type of rock forms when magma solidifies deep within the Earth?

C3 $100 Igneous

C3 $200 What can fossils reveal about Earth’s past?

C3 $200 Changes in Earth’s climate and surface features

C3 $300 The geologic processes that shape the Earth now have been at work is called

C3 $300 Uniformitarianism

C3 $400 All geologic change occurs suddenly is called

C3 $400 Catastrophism

C3 $500 If a rock is younger or older this is called what type of age

C3 $500 Relative

C4 $100 What type of rock can fossils be most likely found?

C4 $100 Sedimentary

C4 $200 Which one of the following would most likely be found as a fossil? (flower petal, worm, or clam shell)

C4 $200 Clam shell

C4 $300 A seashell on top of a hill most likely indicates

C4 $300 The hill was once under the sea

C4 $400 The fossil of a tiny horse is found in a layer of rock below the fossil of a larger horse. What could you conclude?

C4 $400 Tiny horse older than large horse

C4 $500 Finding a fossil of a palm tree in Alaska could be explained if the climate of Alaska

C4 $500 Was once warmer than it is now

C5 $100 Which rock forms in layers?

C5 $100 Sedimentary rock

C5 $200 How would you produce a metamorphic rock from sedimentary rock?

C5 $200 Apply heat and pressure

C5 $300 Which is the softest mineral on the Moh’s Hardness Scale?

C5 $300 Talc

C5 $400 If you found a fossil of a freshwater animal in a desert, what could you conclude?

C5 $400 A river once flowed through the desert

C5 $500 Name three types of sedimentary rocks.

C5 $500 Clastic, chemical, and organic

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