Fossils

Match the following​

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(a) Original Material

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(b) Mold and Cast

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(c) Carbonized Fossil

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How does the fossil record show that life has changed on Earth?

• The fossil record provides evidence of past organisms and the appearance of new organisms over time.
• The fossil record is a fictional concept created by scientists to support the theory of evolution.
• The fossil record shows that all organisms on Earth have remained unchanged since their first appearance.
• The fossil record is a complete and continuous record of all life forms that have ever existed on Earth.

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Evolutionists belief

• Evolutionists believe that living things today evolved from simpler organisms over millions of years

• Evolutionists believe that evolution is a random process
• Evolutionists believe that humans and dinosaurs coexisted
• Evolutionists believe in creationism

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What were two early nineteenth-century ideas that influenced Darwin's thinking?

• Theory of acquired characteristics and Uniformitarianism

• Lysenkoism and Lamarckism
• Spontaneous generation and Catastrophism
• Creationism and Mendelism

Which of the following is NOT one of the main points of Darwin's theory of natural selection?

• Individuals evolve the traits that they need to adapt to their surroundings

• Variation exists within populations.
• Evolution occurs through the inheritance of acquired traits.
• Natural selection leads to the survival of the fittest.

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Organize these options into the right categories

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(a) Relative Dating

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(b) Absolute Dating

• Attempts to date rocks or fossils by measuring the amounts of stable and unstable isotopes

• Attempts to date rocks and fossils by their location within layers of rock

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Why does evolutionary theory require the earth to be very old?

• because scientists have found fossils that are millions of years old.

• because the process of evolution takes a long time to occur.

• because it is based on outdated scientific beliefs.

• because it is a way for scientists to deny the existence of a creator.

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How does the fossil record show evidence of animals dying in a universal flood?

• The fossil record does not show evidence of animals dying in a universal flood.
• The fossil record is inconclusive and cannot be used to determine if animals died in a universal flood.
• The fossil record only shows evidence of animals dying in localized floods.
• The fossil record shows most fossils are found in sedimentary rock, which is formed from water-borne sediments.