Uncover the Secrets of Fossils
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Uncover the Secrets of Fossils

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What are index fossils used for?

  • Identifying the types of plants in an area
  • Determining the relative age of other fossils (correct)
  • Determining the absolute age of other fossils
  • Identifying the movement of Earth's crust

    • How do scientists match rock layers of the same age from different locations?

  • By studying key beds (correct)
  • By analyzing fault lines
  • By testing substances
  • By examining ocean fossils

    • Which type of fossils are easily fossilized, lived in many places on Earth, and are always found in the same layer of rock?

  • Trace fossils
  • Index fossils (correct)
  • Mold fossils
  • Petrified fossils

    • What is constantly moving and changing, causing the formation of faults?

    <p>Earth's crust</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do scientists do to figure out possible causes of mass extinctions of a species?

    <p>Study key bed layers all over Earth</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do fossils help scientists know about plants that grew in an area millions of years ago?

    <p>The type of plants</p> Signup and view all the answers

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