Fossils 11B

What is paleontology the study of?

• The study of weather patterns
• The study of outer space
• Area of science that studies and classifies fossils

• The study of ancient civilizations

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Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, —————-, Species

Scientific names are always…..

Paleontologists classify by

• Color, size, and weight of fossils
• Similarities of appearances to living oragnisms

• Geographical location, age, and depth of fossils
• Diet, habitat, and population size of organisms

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How do evolutionists date fossils (time)?

• Relative age

• Substantial age

• Index age

• Age

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What are Index fossils?

• Index fossils are fossils of organisms that are still alive today.
• Index fossils are fossils that are found only in one specific location.
• Index fossils are fossils that are always found in volcanic rocks.
• Index fossils are fossils widely spread organisms that lived only in one short time period.

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When more animals die than being born they are headed for extinction.

• True

• False

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Paleontologists believe there were ——major extinction events.

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• • Evolutionists must interpret the data through biological evolution and old-earth geology.

• True

• False

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Young-Earth paleontologists have one theory that can be offered based on a worldview

• Can say for sure that all plants and animals found together in a certain rock stratum actually lived together

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Have multiple theories; cannot say for sure that all plants and animals found together in a certain rock stratum actually lived together 

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