Evolution and the Geological Time Scale

A record of the geologic events and life forms in Earth's history.

• anatomy

• relative age

• evolution

• geological time scale

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Index fossils

• are found in rock layers

• are widely distributed

• represent an organism that existed for a geologically short period of time

• all of above

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The whale is related to a land mammal that once walked on land and slowly evolved to live in the water.

• True

• False

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Fossils of widely distributed organisms that lived during only one short period.

• Absolute Age

• Fossil

• Geologic Time Scale

• Index Fossil

• Fossil Record

The process by which all the different kinds of living things have changed over time.

• Extinction

• Evolution

• Paleontologist

• Relative Age

• Absolute Age

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The preserved remains or traces of living things.

• Absolute Age

• Fossil

• Geologic Time Scale

• Index Fossil

• Fossil Record

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Record of all the fossils ever discovered on Earth.

• Absolute Age

• Fossil

• Geologic Time Scale

• Index Fossil

• Fossil Record

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Widely distributed and representing an organism that existed for a geologically short period of time, they are useful in finding relative age of rocks they are found in.

• extrusion

• fault

• index fossil

• intrusion

A record of the geological events and the evolution of life on Earth, as seen by fossil record is:

• era

• geologic time scale

• period

• time line

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The Geologic Time Scale is divided into large amounts of time which are identified by changes in life and condition of earth, named: Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic. These are called:

• eras

• periods

• time scales

• history

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