Geologic Column
Definition of Strata
Rock Layers
Who found the fossils specific to each rock layer?
William Smith
Those who don't intepret evidence by the Genesis Flood believe...
Evolution/millions of years
Caused by habitat destruction of an ecosystem
Gradual Extinction
The fossils in each layer are data, the time periods associated with it are _______ of data
Interpretations
Direction that Strata is laid down
Horizontal - do they remain that way?
What are petrified fossils?
mineralized remains of an organism’s soft parts. Example: Tiger's Eye
Seeks to answer questions about events that are not repeatable
Historical Science
Result of a large change on Earth
Mass Extinction
Our current era
Cenozoic
What is the Geologic Column/Time Scale based on?
Relative and Absolute Dating
What are coprolites?
Fossilized waste
Theropods belonged to...
Saurischian (lizard-hipped)
Extinct Marine Arthropods
Trilobites
Contain evidence of mass extinctions
Paleozoic & Mesozoic
Genesis Flood can be proven by fossil remains of _______ fossils
marine
Contains amber
Body Fossils
Ocean Sediments on land
Turbidites
Mammoths and Paraceratherium are examples of this
Megafauna
Known as the "Age of the Trilobites"
Those who don't believe in the Genesis Flood believe these were caused by ________ (meteor, Volcanoes, etc. )
Catastrophes
Gives clues about an organism's behavior.
Two conditions for an ice age
1. Enough snow for a sheet of ice
2. Cold enough summers
Largest animal in the Megafauna
Peraceratherium
4 Eras in Order
Cenozoic
Mesozoic
Paleozoic
Precambrian