True: A fault is always younger than the rock that it breaks, The Law of Cross-Cutting concepts states that any rock that breaks through other rock is younger than what it breaks through, Index fossils can be used to give the relative age of a rock, Intrusive rock intrusions are formed inside the Earth, Whole organisms can be fossilized in ice, tar, or amber, Petrification is the same thing as Permineralization, Animal dung fossils can be classified as trace fossils, The mold is the hollow space an organism leaves behind, If two different rock layers contain the same organisms, they are likely close to the same age, False: The Law of Superposition states that older rock is at the top of younger rock, Cast and Mold fossils are the most common fossils we see, Insects are the only organisms that can be fossilized in amber, Index fossils can be used to give the actual age of a rock, Bones are considered a trace fossil, A trace fossil can contain parts of the animal, just not the whole animal, There are only fossils of dinosaurs, A cast is the hollow space an organism leaves behind, The Law of Original Horizontality states that if rock layers are still horizontal, they are older than non-horizontal rocks,

Fossils and Fossil Dating

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