Fossils
The study of fossils is called :
Paleontology
Fossils that extend through several strata are
Polystrate fossil
The idea that one or more catastrophes are primarily responsible for Earth's geological features is
Catastrophism
He popularized the idea that geological processes have always occurred at their current rates
Charles Lyell
In a geologic column. periods are subdivided into units called ?
epochs
What are the preserved remains of plants, animals, or humans in sedimentary rock called ?
fossils
What type of fossil forms when an entire animal is preserved nearly intact by freezing, desiccation, or entrapment in a bog or tar pit?
Whole specimen Fossil
What is the false belief that all geological processes have always proceeded at the same rate?
uniformitarianism
The scientist first suggested that many catastrophes have shaped Earth's geological features is
Georges Cuvier
What 19th century British naturalist popularized evolution?
Charles Darwin
Name the living fossil that is a conifer that had only been found in the fossil record until living specimens were discovered recently
Wollemi pine
A fossil that is considered characteristic of a specific period is called
Index Fossil
Name the type of evolution that is the false belief that God created life and then used evolutionary processes to complete His work
theistic evolution
Name the technique that evolutionists use to assign "absolute" ages to rocks and fossils?
radiometric dating
What term describes an organism that shows no change between its appearance in the fossil record and its appearance in the present day?
Stasis
An animal or plant that disappears abruptly from the fossil record but is still alive today is called a
Living Fossil
What type of fossils were formed when animals or plants that were rapidly buried by water and sediments had their organic particles replaced by rock?
Petrified Fossil
The supposed starting point of cosmic evolution is
Big Bang
Name the dating method is usually used only to date organic materials
carbon - 14 - dating
The amount of time needed for half of a parent element to decay into its daughter element
Half Life
What is a supposedly highly evolved fossil found in "old" strata or a supposedly simple fossil in "recent" strata?
Anomaly
What type of fossil forms when mud buries a plant or animal and quickly hardens into rock, leaving an impression after the plant or animal decays?
Mold Fossil
What principle states that the same scientific laws in operation today have existed throughout the earth's history?
Principle of uniformity
Hypothetical time scale used to summarize and graphically illustrate their idea of Earth's history.
Geologic column
Logic error that occurs when the "proof" of an idea depends upon the assumption that the idea is true
Circular Reasoning