Fossils, Evolution and Geologic Time

We are currently living during which eon and era?

What do scientists have to study to determine the geologic timeline?

This was the era in which the first dinosaurs and mammals appeared.

Species with similar evolutionary histories are classified more closely together

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

A requirement for fossils to be preserved is that the organism

Which are more closely related, frog and human or frog and fish?

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Wood can become petrified when fossilized because...

What are the four types of preserved remains?

In relative time, when did most geologic events occur in earths history?

What is the most common rock fossils are found in?

when unrelated organisms evolve characteristics that are similar.

What two things cause evolution to happen?

Another name for "Mineral Replacement" is?

In which eon did single celled organisms appear?

Put the eons in order from oldest to most recent

Mr. Goad will be cheering for who in the NBA playoffs (assuming all these teams make it)?

What do scientists look at to determine if two organisms share a similar evolutionary history?

The mass extinction that caused dinosaurs to go extinct happened between which two eras:

The law of superposition proves that:

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Eras are further split into

What do all of the organisms have in common?

This type of fossil preserves the evidence of the activity of an organism.

Which method helps scientists to figure out the date of a fossil