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Would you expect to find fossils of an organism that lived relatively recently in old layers of rock or in younger layers?
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No, not unless there was a large disturbance that rearranged the layers.
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How does fossils size relate to faunal succession?
faunal succession is basically stating that the more complex something is, the younger it is. So the bigger the fossil is the younger it is.
Is aragonite more likely to be found in younger or older fossils?
Aragonite only occurs in fossils of the Cainozoic era as the unstable polymorph aragonite rearranges its chemical structure to form more stable Calcite over time.
How do you determine the relative age relationship of faults to the rocks they cut?
Relatively, they are younger than the rock they cut through.
What is the method of determining whether a fossil is older or younger than other fossils found in the many layers of sedimentary rock is called what?
relative dating
How would you explain to an untrained neighbor the process scientists use to change the genes of an organism to give it useful new traits?
You might start with this link which is aimed at younger people: http://tiki.oneworld.net/genetics/
What are the difference between reworked fossils and leaked fossils?
From the law of faunal succession,older beds are characterized by fossils of older age and the younger beds are characterized by younger age fossils.But in some exceptional condition the younger fossils are reported in the older formation and those are termed as leaked fossils. whereas,Fossils of older age occur in younger rock are known as reworked fossils.They are derived from the older rocks by reworking ad recycling of sediments.
Younger fossils and not older fossils are more like?
this is an incoherent question that cannot possibly be answered
Why can carbon-14 only be used to measure young geologic material?
It can only be used for younger fossils and such because carbon-14 has a relatively short half-life of around 2400 years.
Where are older fossils mostly found under or above younger fossils?
If the rocks containing the fossils have been involved in a mountain building episode they would be folded and if some of the folds were laid in a recumbent position and later eroded you would have older above younger rocks. Of course, it would be easy to find out if this was the case because of the various sedimentary structures in each separate layer of rock.
How does fossils size relate to faunal succession?
faunal succession is basically stating that the more complex something is, the younger it is. So the bigger the fossil is the younger it is.
Why would fossils found at the top of a canyon probably be younger than those found at the bottom of the canyon?
The fossils found at the top of a canyon will probably be younger than those at the of the bottom of the canyon because the fossils at the bottom of the canyon would have been there earlier when the so called "canyon" was once a flat land, so as time went by, the flat land began growing and getting taller and finally became a canyon so the fossils at the top of the canyon WOULD be younger than those at the bottom because the bottom fossils were there before the top of the canton even existed.
What does younger generation lead relatively cosseted existences mean?
pampered
What evidence is there that earth has had a succession of flora and fauna?
Fossils!Fossils are the 'remains' of plants and animals (including humans) which lived in the past. Millions of fossils have been found all over the world. They show clearly that different species of plants and animals lived in the past and that they changed over long periods of time. Older fossils are simpler than younger fossils and we can work out the sequence of evolution from these fossils.For example the oldest vertebrate (backboned) fossils are fish. Younger than these are the first amphibians. Then reptiles appear as fossils, followed by birds and mammals.See:http://animals.about.com/od/evolution/a/vertebrateevolu.htmhttp://txtwriter.com/Backgrounders/Evolution/EVpage01.htmlhttp://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/lines/Ifossil_ev.shtmlhttp://www.fossilmuseum.net/
Where can you find the oldest fossils in sedimentary rock layers?
It would be found in the lower layers, rather that younger fossils which are found in the upper layers. ♥
Fossils found in younger rocks?
The youngest rocks would be igneous, those created by cooling magma. Impossible to find a fossil there.
Is aragonite more likely to be found in younger or older fossils?
Aragonite only occurs in fossils of the Cainozoic era as the unstable polymorph aragonite rearranges its chemical structure to form more stable Calcite over time.
What is a cradles?
1. cradle snatcher A person who prefers relatively younger sexual partners or courtship partners. Someone who dates a person considerably younger than themselves.
