Foundations of Geology
The Fossil Record
Uniformitarianism & Catastrophism
Name that Carol
Christmas riddles
100
The view that most of earth's geological features are the result of large scale catastrophes such as floods, volcanic eruptions, etc.
What is catastrophism?
100
The preserved remains of a once-living organism.
What is a fossil?
100
Fossils that are assumed to represent a certain period in earth's past
What are index fossils?
100
Ringing chimes
What is Jingle Bells
100
Why is Rudolph so good at Christmas trivia?
He NOSE a lot, (and it is very bright)
200
The decayed remains of once-living creatures.
What is humus?
200
The conversion of organic material into rock.
What is petrifaction?
200
A theory stating that all life on this earth has one (or a few) common acceptor(s) that existed a long time ago.
What is the Theory of Evolution?
200
Crimson nosed caribou
What is Rudolph the Red nosed Reindeer?
200
In the world series, what position does the Christmas turkey play?
First baste.
300
The process by which rock and soil are broken down and transported away.
What is erosion?
300
A thick, slowly flowing liquid produced by plants that can harden into a solid.
What is resin?
300
Fossils concentrated in enormous deposits in one area.
What is a fossil graveyard?
300
Nocturnal time span of unbroken quietness
What is Silent Night.
300
Do Christmas trees knit?
No, they do needle point.
400
They are igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary.
What are three basic types of rock?
400
It will not tell you much about the thickness of an organism, but it may give you a detailed "drawing" of the organism.
What results can you get from carbonization?
400
An unconformity that has been disguised so that it does not look like an unconformity at all.
What is a paraconformity?
400
Embellish the interior passageways.
What is Deck the Hall with Boughs of Holly
400
How do you decorate a canoe for Christmas?
With ore - naments.
500
The first forms on the ceiling of a cavern, while the second forms on the floor of a cavern.
What is a stalactite and what is a stalagmite?
500
They represent the vast majority of organisms preserved in the fossil record.
What representation is there of hard-shelled creatures in the fossil record?
500
A kind of fish whose fossils are very prevalent in the geological column from Devonian times to Dretaceous times.
What is a coelacanth?
500
Small municipality in Judea southeast of Jerusalem
What is O Little Town of Bethlehem?
500
Who is worth about five cents at Christmas?
Old Saint Nickel -ous
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