Fossils
A fossil formed when part of a pant or animal decayed underneath the weight of sediment and left a image of itself on a rock is called....
Carbon Film
How do insects get fossilized?
They get stuck in tree sap, which hardens into amber.
Layer A shows fossils of tropical animals, and Layer B shows animals from cold environments. Why might this be per a creationist?
Evidence of the flood
What is extinction?
When every last one of a species has died.
The process of removing a fossil from the rock and other materials around it is called...
Excavation
Trace fossil
For the skeleton of an animal to fossilize, what needs to happen to them after they die?
They need to get buried quickly
Dinosaurs and man lived on the earth at the same time.
Creation
There are 3 groups: animals who only live in water, animals who live in water and also on land, and animals who only live on land. Which group has the least chance of going extinct and why?
The animals who can live in the water and on land because they will be able to survive even if the environment changes
Identify the jobs of a paleontologist.
Excavating, examining, and preserving fossils
What is a fossil?
The trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago.
Which parts of an organism are most likely to fossilize?
The hard parts like bone
Life on earth has developed gradually over millions of years.
Evolution
There are plant eaters and meat eaters. All the plants die. Who becomes extinct?
Both groups because if the plants die, so do the plant eaters, and then the meat eaters have nothing to eat either
How did dinosaurs get their name?
In 1842, Sir Richard Owens used the Latin words meaning "terrible lizards" to define this group.
When an animal leaves a print in sediment, which then fossilizes, it is called...
A mold fossil
When bone or wood is replaced by minerals that harden into rock, a _______ fossil forms.
Petrified fossil
Wooly mammoth tusks from the ice age are found in a tropical river. Why might this be from both a evolutionist and creationist?
Climate change
What percent of all the animals that ever existed are extinct?
98%
What are two things scientists cannot learn from fossils?
Outward appearance and muscle structure
The scientific study of fossils is called...
Paleontology
Why is it rare to find a fossil?
Organisms usually decay before they have a chance to fossilize.
True or False?
People draw conclusions about fossils based on what they believe about how the earth began.
True
What are two pieces of evidence of a worldwide flood does the fossil record show?
A sudden climate change, sudden burial of living organisms, fossils of water based animals in deserts or mountains, etc.
True or False?
Premanently frozen soil is called amber.
False-permanently frozen soil is called permafrost.