Chapter 2 Test Review

The scientific study of fossils is called _____.

• geology

• evolution

• creation

• paleontology

Any part or trace of a living organism that is naturally preserved after it dies is called _____.

• mold

• cast

• fossil

• petrified

Sometimes animal bones or wood of a tree would decay and slowly be replaced by minerals. These minerals would harden over time and form a rock. This is called a _____.

• mold

• cast

• fossil

• petrified fossil

An empty space left in a rock that makes an imprint of an organism is called a _____.

• mold

• cast

• fossil

• petrified fossil

Fine sediment fills an empty space and a _____ is formed.

• mold

• cast

• fossil

• petrified fossil

Parts of the plant or animal turn into a dark image of itself in a rock. This is called a _____.

• carbon film

• trace fossil

• fossil

• petrified fossil

Fossils are not always part of a plant or animal itself. Sometimes it is from something the organism leaves behind. This is called a _____.

• carbon film

• trace fossil

• fossil

• petrified fossil

Developed gradually or

• evolutionists

• evolved

• extinction

_____ believe that life on the earth evolved.

• geologists

• evolutionists

• Creationists

• paleontologists

_____ believe that God created the earth and all forms of life in six days.

• geologists

• evolutionists

• Creationists

• paleontologists