Dig these Fossils
The remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.
Fossil or Rock
A fossil!
Spelled with two s
A burst of evolutionary innovation known as the _________ Explosion occurred, producing the first complex animals with shells, segments, and hard parts.
Cambrian period or Devonian period
Cambrian period
What is this animal
Trilobite or Horseshoe crab
Trilobite
By the end of the Paleozoic Era this super continent was formed
Pangea or California
Pangea
What country was the first to emerge on earth from the oceans?
The first landmass to emerge on Earth was likely the Singhbhum Craton in present-day India, with evidence suggesting it became exposed to air around 3.2 billion years ago
These fossils are a result from activity of an organism while it is alive. This include footprints, tracks, burrows, trails, coprolites, root traces, and other features formed by organisms while they were alive.
Trace fossils or Body fossils
Trace fossils
The first Fish appeared in this period
Ordovician or Cambrian
Ordovician Period
What is this animal
Dimetrodon or edaphosaurus
Dimetrodon
Most of the extinctions that took place in the Paleozoic Era was caused by this
Climate change or Asteriod impact
Climate change!
When was the last major asteriod period.
Give me the decade it was in as in 1920's 1990's 2020's
The Chelyabinsk event on February 15, 2013,
when a 20-meter asteroid exploded in the atmosphere over Russia. While most of its energy was absorbed, the shockwave injured around 1,500 people and damaged thousands of buildings
The word “fossil” has a different meaning in everyday conversations. Sometimes it refers to something being this ________.
Large or Old
Anything that is old, out-of-date, or old-fashioned may be called a fossil. Like Will Smith’s “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It.”
This period had the "Great Dying" event. This was the most severe extinction in Earth's history, wiping out approximately 96% of all species, including 95% of marine species and 70% of terrestrial vertebrate species.
PERMIAN or ORDOVICIAN
The Permian period
What is this animal this?
Molluscs or Arthropleura (Mega millipede)
Arthropleura (Mega millipede)
During the Carboniferous Period the atmosphere was at the highest level of this, allowing for large insects to be created.
Oxygen or Sulphur
Oxygen
When was the the first dinosaur discover.
Give me the decade it was in as in 1420's 1790's 2020's (hint it was before the 1800's and after the 1600's)
The first scientifically documented dinosaur fossil was discovered in 1677 by Robert Plot in England, who mistakenly identified it as a giant human bone.
These fossils include bones, teeth, skin, shells, wood, and leaves.
Body Fossils or Trace fossils
Body Fossils
Plants and arthropods became more established on land. Coral reefs expanded, and fish evolved important features like jaws.
Ordovician or Silurian
Silurian (444–419 mya)
What is this animal? (Hint its a pig size herbivore)
Warthog or Lystrosaurus
Lystrosaurus
Grass was growing everywhere and many animals survived by eating it and building homes from it through out the Paleozoic era
True or False
Grass first appeared in the Late Cretaceous period, around 113 million years ago, with the oldest known fossils being from this time.
Where was the first dinosaur fossil discovered
Cornwell, Oxfordshire, England
The first scientifically documented dinosaur fossil was discovered in 1677 by Robert Plot in England, who mistakenly identified it as a giant human bone. However, the first dinosaur to be scientifically recognized and named was Megalosaurus, which was described in 1824 by William Buckland, according to American Scientist and A-Z Animals.
People who dig up and study fossils are referred to as this.
archaeologist or paleontologists
paleontologists
an archaeologist person who studies human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.
Earth’s major coal beds were formed during this time. And is refer to as Mississippian and Pennsylvanian.
Carboniferous or Cambrian
Carboniferous
What animal is this? Hint its the first fish with a jaw.
Placoderms or Cephalopods
placoderms
Pangea stretching from pole to pole, meant that the interior was far from the oceans. This meant the interior of pangea was
Arid and dry or Wet and cold
Pangea was Arid and dry
What is Jim O's favorite color? Hint its a color and a shade
A dark blue