5th grade Chapter 2 Review

One thing scientists cannot learn from a fossil is an animal's ___________.

• outward appearance

• behavior

• body shape and size

• diet

The scientific study of fossils is called ________.

• geology

• creation

• evolution

• paleontology

People who believe that life on the earth evolved are called __________.

• Creationists

• Evolutionists

• paleontologists

• geologists

People who believe that God created the earth and all forms of life in six days are called __________.

• geologists

• Creationists

• Evolutionists

• paleontologists

When the last of a certain plant or animal dies, _______ occurs.

• decomposition

• evolution

• extinction

• excavtion

The process of removing a fossil from the rock and other materials around it is called _________.

• excavation

• extinction

• evolution

• decomposition

People draw conclusions about fossils based on what they believe about how the earth began.

• True

• False

Dinosaur bones have been found only in the eastern parts of the earth.

• True

• False

The fossil record provides clear evidence of a worldwide Flood.

• True

• False

Fossils have been preserved in tar, ice, amber, and sedimentary rock.

• True

• False