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Vocabulary
Types of Fossils
Evidence of the Flood
Extinct Animals
100
The rock layers and the fossils found in them make up what we call...
What is "The Geologic Column"
100
An impression left in sediment by a body part such as a shell.
What is "a mold"
100
What could have caused the weather to cool and an ice age to begin?
What is "Volcanic ash filling the sky"
100
Most dinosaurs appear in what layers of the geologic column?
What is "The Mesozoic"
200
What is the basic unit on the geologic time scale?
What is "A Period"
200
Preserved remains of animals or plants
What is "Body Fossils"
200
There are marine fossils located on the top of what particular mountain?
What is "Mt. Everest"
200
A marine arthropod that is found preserved throughout the paleozoic layers.
What is "Trilobites"
300
The science of determining the relative order of past events without necessarily determining their absolute age.
What is "Relative Dating"
300
An organism's soft tissue is mineralized.
What is "Petrified Fossils"
300
The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven both closed up after how many days?
What is "150"
300
Who first coined the term "dinosaur"
What is "Sir Richard Owen"
400
A sauropod is an example of what kind of dinosaur?
What is "Lizard-hipped"
400
Evidence of an organism's behavior or activities.
What is "Trace Fossils"
400
Name one of the two conditions that must be present to initiate an ice age.
What is "Enough snow to build up an ice sheet" or "Summers must be cool enough to keep the snow from melting"
400
A 10-year-old named Mary Anne Mantell found large reptile teeth and later named her find an Iguanadon. What year was this in?
What is "1822"
500
The age of a rock or formation in relation to other rocks or formations.
What is "Relative Age"
500
Very thin sheets that were once a part of a plant or animal.
What is "Carbon Films"
500
As sediment reaches a flat area, it spreads out and stops. The sedimentary layers if forms are called what?
What is "Turbidites"
500
The largest animal found in the megafauna was called a Paraceratherium. It is equivalent to a giant what?
What is "Rhinoceros"