Evolution - Fossils

What are fossils?

• Are the remains or evidence of once-living organisms

• Is the change over time in populations of related organisms

• A chart that divides Earth’s history into different time units

• Occurs when the last individual organism of a species dies

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What is the fossil record?

• Are the remains or evidence of once-living organisms

• Is the change over time in populations of related organisms

• Is made up of all the fossils ever discovered on Earth

• Occurs when the last individual organism of a species dies

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What is a mold?

• The impression of an organism

• Is the preserved evidence of the activity of an organism

• A fossil copy of an organism in a rock

• A chart that divides Earth’s history into different time units

What is a cast?

• The impression of an organism

• Occurs when the last individual organism of a species dies

• Is made up of all the fossils ever discovered on Earth

• A fossil copy of an organism in a rock

What are trace fossils?

• A fossil copy of an organism in a rock

• Is the preserved evidence of the activity of an organism

• The impression of an organism

• Is made up of all the fossils ever discovered on Earth

What is extinction?

• A chart that divides Earth’s history into different time units

• Are the remains or evidence of once-living organisms

• Occurs when the last individual organism of a species dies

• The impression of an organism

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What is biological evolution?

• Is made up of all the fossils ever discovered on Earth

• Is the preserved evidence of the activity of an organism

• Are the remains or evidence of once-living organisms

• Is the change over time in populations of related organisms

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The impression of an organism in a rock is called a _________.

• animal rock

• organism rock

• mold

• cast

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In relative age dating, scientist uses _____________.

• type of fossils found

• types of rocks found in the nearby area

• order of layers of rocks

• order layers of living organisms

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In relative dating, which later is the youngest?

• top

• middle

• bottom

• they all have the same age

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