Vocab
collection of all fossils
Fossil Record
What can fossils tell us (name at least 4)
where it lived
type of environment
what it looked liek
how it moved
lived alone/groups
what it ate
whether it raised its young
What do coprolites include (3 items)
Bones
Scales
Plant parts
Diverse
different
What is coprolite?
Dung stones
True or False
The fossil record will never be complete.
True
all members of a species die out
Extinction
What percent of discovered fossils are marine organisms?
95%
Name an event that could cause a mass extinction
Volcanic Eruption
Meteor
Lack of Oxygen
Global Warming (Flood)
Global Cooling (Ice Age)
large numbers of species die on different parts of Earth during a relatively short period of time
Mass Extinction
What percent of all discovered fossils are vertebrates?
0.012%
What can be learned from trace fossils? (4)
weight
how fast it moved
how it moved
what it ate
Trace Fossils
evidence of an organism's activity
Give 3 examples of trace fossils
footprints
tooth marks
tracks
scratches
burrows
coprolites
nests
What number do you multiple the foot length by in order to identify the hip height? Why?
Double Points!!!
4, animal has four feet