Ch. 4 Study Game

the preserved remains or evidence of ancient living things

• Fossil

• Paleontologist

• Relative Age

• Extinction

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

scientists who study fossils

• Fossil

• Paleontologists

• Relative Age

• Extinction

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

the age of rocks and geological features compared with other rocks and features nearby

• Fossil

• Paleontologists

• Relative Age

• Extinction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

occurs when the last individual organism of a species dies

• Fossil

• Paleontologists

• Relative Age

• Extinction

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

an ancient organisms or species that two or more modern species share a relationship with and have evolved from

• Fossil Record

• Biological Evolution

• Cladogram

• Common Ancestor

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

a branched diagram that shows the relationships among organisms, including common ancestors

• Fossil Record

• Biological Evolution

• Cladogram

• Common Ancestor

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

the changes over time in populations of related organisms

• Fossil Record

• Biological Evolution

• Cladogram

• Common Ancestor

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

made up of all of the fossils ever discovered on Earth

• Fossil Record

• Biological Evolution

• Cladogram

• Common Ancestor

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

a chart that divides the Earth's history into different time units

• Unconformity

• Geological Time Scale

• Uniformitarianism

• Catastrophism

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

the idea that geological processes that have occurred in the past will continue to occur and change conditions and organisms on Earth slowly; gradual changes

• Unconformity

• Geological Time Scale

• Uniformitarianism

• Catastrophism