Term Time
Study of fossils
Paleontology
Fossils usually less than a millimeter in size
Microfossils
Secular scientists believe there have been _____ major extinctions
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Solid fossil fuel
Coal
Fossil fuels
What can organisms be trapped in allowing preservation of some living tissue?
+200 for each additional correct answer
Amber, ice, asphalt
fossilized dinosaur eggs are which type of fossil?
Trace fossil
What is the major difference between the old- and young-earth views on how coal developed?
Time (millions of years old versus thousands)
Consists mostly of methane
Natural Gas
Most fossils are which type of animal?
Marine
A population begins to shrink due to having more deaths than births in a generation is likely to result in ___________
extinction
These fossils form from the permineralization process(minerals precipitate, filling the space)
Casts and Molds
What is evidence of dinosaurs and humans living together?
+200 for both reasons
Petroglyphs, Dragon/Dino Legends
Crude oil aka
Petroleum
What remarkable discovery came from the examination of a thigh bone of a Tyrannosaurus rex fossil in 2005?
Stretchy/soft tissues
Compound made of hydrogen and carbon
Hydrocarbon
A leaf film on the surface of a flat piece of slate would be classified as which type of fossil group?
Carbon print
Charles Darwin believed all living organisms evolved from what?
A simple/less complex common ancestor
3 types of fossil fuels
Coal, Petroleum, Natural Gas
In which type of rocks do most fossils form?
fine-grained sedimentary rocks
Gases that trap heat are called what?
Greenhouse gases
_______ fossils form by a process called replacement
Petrified
Fossils that would show organisms in the process of evolving from one form to another are known as
Transitional Forms
Peat -> A -> B -> C
A. Lignite
B. Bituminous (Coal)
C. Anthracite
Who developed the system used today to classify organisms?
Carolus Linnaeus