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Center #4: Getting Into the Fossil Record

Directions:

1. Login to computer.

2. Go to: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/fossil/ or go to the blog for a direct link.

3. Answer the questions on this worksheet as you tour the site. Note that you will not be able to move forward on some pages until all links have been clicked on!

1. What is the purpose of this fossil tour? ______

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2. What is a fossil? ______

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3. What is the fossil record? ______

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4. List one question that the fossil record can help us answer: ______

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5. What is a trace fossil? ______

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6. Give an example of a trace fossil:______

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7. What is a body fossil? ______

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8. Why is a fossil that gets buried quickly most likely to be preserved? ______

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9. Define the following:

Biotic factor:______

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Abiotic Factor:______

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Organic:______

Macroscopic:______

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Microscopic:______

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10. Once an organism is buried, there are several ways it can become a fossil. List those four ways pictured in the slide show below:

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3.______4.______

11. Are all fossils formed by being buried in sediment? (Circle) Yes No

12. List three other ways fossils can be formed:

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13. What is the difference between organic and inorganic? ______

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14. Why is it difficult for an organism living in a rain forest to become fossilized?

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15. Give one reason why the fossil record is incomplete:______

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16. List the four ways a fossil can be destroyed after it is formed:

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3.______4.______

17. Choose one of the methods of fossil destruction (in #16) and describe it:

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18. What are the 3 types of rock?

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19. Describe an igneous rock:______

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20. Describe a sedimentary rock: ______

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21. Describe a metamorphic rock:______

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22. Which type of rock is most likely to contain fossils?______

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23. What are the processes in sedimentary rocks that push fossils to the surface of the Earth?

1.______2.______

24. Fill in the blanks:

Organism Dies

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Destroyed ______

______Discovered!

25. Take the quiz, and write your score below. You must continue retaking the quiz until you get all of the answers correct!

Score: ______

Number of attempts at quiz:______