Fossils

Define the term "Radioactive dating"

Using group names such as "reptile", list the sequence in which the vertebrate groups appeared in the fossil record

The first fauna appeared in which epoch?

• Ediacarian

• Cambrian

• Triassic

• Ordovician

The development of amphibians a occured during which epoch?

• Ordovician

• Permian

• Silurian

• Devonian

What occurred during the Triassic period?

• Gymnosperms increased in abundance

• Flowering plants form widespread rainforests

• Reptiles increase in number

• Large rise in the number of birds and mammals

During what epoch did flowering plants diversify and increase in abundance?

• Triassic

• Jurassic

• Cretaceous

• Eocene

What events occurred during the Jurassic epoch?

Which three events occurred during the Pleistocene epoch?

• Ice ages

• Large rise in numbers of birds

• Large mammals began to appear

• Primitive humans appeared

Describe 5 different types of fossils and how they form.

Explain why the fossil record is incomplete.