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C1 $100
Naturally formed
inorganic solid
with crystalline
structure
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Minerals
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Eroded materials carried
by wind or water
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sediments
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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
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Grains of sediment
undergo what process to
form sedimentary rocks?
C1 $400
Compaction and
cementation
The final Jeopardy question is:
C1 final
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
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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
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metamorphic
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Where do scientist find
the most important
source of information
used to trace the
evolution of life?
C2 $200
Fossil record
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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
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What can fossils
reveal about
Earth’s past?
C3 $200
Changes in Earth’s
climate and surface
features
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The geologic
processes that
shape the Earth
now have been at
work is called
C3 $300
Uniformitarianism
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All geologic change
occurs suddenly is
called
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Catastrophism
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If a rock is
younger or older
this is called what
type of age
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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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