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3. Naturally formed inorganic solid with crystalline structure C1 $100

4. Minerals C1? $100

5. Eroded materials carried by wind or water C1 $200

6. sediments C1 $200

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

8. Amphibians existed before reptiles C1 $300

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

10. Compaction and cementation C1 $400

11. 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

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

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

14. C2 $100 metamorphic

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

16. C2 $200 Fossil record

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

18. C2 $300 Carbon dating of a fossil sample

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

20. C2 $400 Sedimentary rocks

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

22. C2 $500 Fossils

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

24. C3 $100 Igneous

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

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

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

28. C3 $300 Uniformitarianism

29. C3 $400 All geologic change occurs suddenly is called

30. C3 $400 Catastrophism

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

32. C3 $500 Relative

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

34. C4 $100 Sedimentary

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

36. C4 $200 Clam shell

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

38. C4 $300 The hill was once under the sea

39. 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?

40. C4 $400 Tiny horse older than large horse

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

42. C4 $500 Was once warmer than it is now

43. C5 $100 Which rock forms in layers?

44. C5 $100 Sedimentary rock

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

46. C5 $200 Apply heat and pressure

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

48. C5 $300 Talc

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

50. C5 $400 A river once flowed through the desert

51. C5 $500 Name three types of sedimentary rocks.

52. C5 $500 Clastic, chemical, and organic

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