Earth Science Review

fossil that is considered as the missing link between dinosaurs and birds

• Archaeopteryx

• Lucy

• Stromatolites

• Yuka Mammoth

type of fossil that is formed by the organism’s activity

• Pseudofossil

• Molecular fossil

• Trace fossil

• Body fossil

type of fossil preservation where the hard parts of an organism are dissolved and replaced by minerals

• Carbonization

• Preserved remains

• Petrification

• Compression

The fossil in the image is an example of ______.

• Petrified fossil

• Preserved remains

• Mold

• Cast

When "eras" are grouped together, this will create the longest geologic subdivision called ____.

• Division

• Period

• Epoch

• Eon

period where jawed fishes appeared

• Cambrian

• Ordovician

• Silurian

• Devonian

First flowering plants appeared in this period

• Triassic

• Jurassic

• Cretaceous

• Mesozoic

Era known as the “Age of Mammals”

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

• Cenozoic

• Phanerozoic

Period where major geological events included the uplift of mountain ranges like the Himalayas and the Andes

• Paleogene

• Neogene

• Quaternary

• Cenozoic

Earliest inhabitants on earth

• Lucy

• Stromatolites

• Sue the T. Rex

• Cyanobacteria