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Quiz #9 Part 1

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Total cards: 15•Content version: v3•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

Paleontologist

Back (Answer)

Scientist that studies fossils

#2
Front (Question)

Why don’t all dead organisms become fossils?

Back (Answer)

Only some remains fossilize, organisms die in different environments, and must resist destruction

#3
Front (Question)

How do fossils forms?

Back (Answer)

When organisms/their traces are buried by sediment

#4
Front (Question)

Is fast burial to form fossils better?

Back (Answer)

Yes because it protects the dead organisms/traces from destruction

#5
Front (Question)

6 types of fossils

Back (Answer)

Carbon film, preserved remains, trace, petrified, cast, and mold

#6
Front (Question)

Carbon film

Back (Answer)

Super thin coating of carbon on rock

#7
Front (Question)

Preserved remains

Back (Answer)

Whole organisms preserved with little to no change

#8
Front (Question)

Trace fossils

Back (Answer)

Preserved evidence of activities of ancient organisms

#9
Front (Question)

Petrified fossils

Back (Answer)

Minerals replace all or part of an organism then harden

#10
Front (Question)

Mold

Back (Answer)

Hollow area in the shape of an organism/part of one (indent)

#11
Front (Question)

Cast

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Solid copy of the shape of an organism (outdent)

#12
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Radiometric dating

Back (Answer)

Helps scientists learn how old rocks are

#13
Front (Question)

Law of superposition

Back (Answer)

Older rock layers lie underneath newer ones

#14
Front (Question)

4 ways a fossil can be destroyed by geological processes

Back (Answer)

Erosion, melting, movement, crushing

#15
Front (Question)

Why aren’t igneous rocks good for fossils?

Back (Answer)

Igneous rocks produced when lava cools, so organisms in igneous rocks would have melted before becoming fossils