Science Ch 2 Test Review

One thing scientists cannot learn from a fossil is an animal's ________.

• diet

• body shape and size

• behavior

• outward appearance

The process of removing a fossil from the rock and other materials around it is called ________.

• excavation

• extinction

• evolution

• decomposition

When the last of a certain plant or animal dies, ________ occurs.

• excavation

• extinction

• evolution

• decomposition

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People who believe that God created the earth and all forms of life in six days are called _____________.

• geologists

• Creationists

• evolutionists

• paleontologists

People who believe that life on the earth evolved are called ___________.

• geologists

• Creationists

• evolutionists

• paleontologists

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The scientific study of fossils is called ___________.

• geology

• creation

• evolution

• paleontology

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Permanently frozen soil is called amber

• True

• False

Fossils have been preserved in tar, ice, amber, and sedimentary rock.

• True

• False

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The fossil record provides clear evidence of a worldwide Flood.

• True

• False

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Dinosaur bones have been found only in the eastern parts of the earth.

• True

• False