Exam 8: Fossils in Geological Context

Which of the following is an example of a trace fossil?

Crystalline materials that have been buried in sediments may be chronometrically dated using the __________method.

__________ dating techniques can be correlated to an absolute chronology.

__________can be defined as variant forms of an element.

Which of the following states that cut strata are older than the intruding strata?

Explain the climatic shifts that typify the Pliocene to the Early Pleistocene.

The Earth is estimated to be approximately __________ years old.

The lengths of epochs, periods, and eras are standardized and inflexible.

The concept of index fossils is associated with which principle?

Fossils can be used to reconstruct ancient animal communities and therefore make inferences about ancient environments and habitats.

Which dating technique is associated with crystalline materials?

What are the periods of the Cenozoic?

__________is a field devoted to the gleaning of all the information that can be extracted from fossils.

What are the different types of fossils and how do they form?

The __________ method is particularly good for dating pottery or tools heated in a fire.

We live in the __________ eon.

A scientist studying chrons and subchrons is working with __________.

Primates are present for most of the Geologic Time Scale.

__________ years ago, the earth was divided into two continents, Gondwanaland and Laurasia.

A scientist studying the biological and geological processes of fossilization is engaging in the science of __________.