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A body fossil is...
rocks made by layering sediment
actual body part of a living thing
trace of a living thing
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Sediment is...
pieces of sand and rock that get blown around
rocks that layer on top of each other
the evidence of living things
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When many types of living things become extinct that the same time.
Extinct
Mass Extinction
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gradual change in a species over time
evolution
theory of evolution
homologous structures
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Describes a living thing that no longer exists anywhere on earth.
Mass Extinction
Extinct
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part of an animal that during the course of evolution has lost most of it's originial purpose
homologous structure
basic structure
vestigial structure
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What is an extrusion?
index fossils
igneous rock created when lava hardens the under the rock
igneous rock created when lava hardens the surface of rock
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Who created the Theory of Evolution?
Charlie Brown
Charles Darwin
Charles Dar
Alfred Wegner
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age of reptiles, pangea breaks apart, first palm trees
Mesozoic
Palezoic
Precambrai
Cenezoic
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Age of mammals, continents drifting, first grasses and flowering plants
Precambria
Cenezoic Era
Mesozoic
Palezoic
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Geologic Time Scale is...
a scale model that records the geological events life forms
changes to animals
events that occur during the earth's history
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Helpful variations and adaptations are passed on to the next generation
True
False
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Events during Earth's history that include changes to living things.
Geologic Events
Biologic Events
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Unhelpful variations and adaptations are passed on to the next generations.
True
False
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Body parts that are structurally similar in related species
homologous structure
Vestigial structure
evolution
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Index Fossils...
fossils that are really old
extrusions
fossils that are used to determine the relative ages of rock
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Events that occur during the Earth's history that include landforms, climate, and atmosphere
Geological Events
Biological Events
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An idea that individuals who are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive
evolution
natural selection
common ancestor
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the species from which two different species evolved
natural selection
common ancestor
vestigial structure
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What is the Law of Superposition?
sedimentary rock
newest rocks on the bottom
Oldest rocks on the bottom
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A cast fossil is...
formed when rock creates a solid shap
preserved remains of living things
minerals that get blown around
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An example of a mold fossil is....
imprint of a shell
whole shell
footprint
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What is an intrusion?
igneous rock created when lava hardens the surface of rock
igneous rock created when magma hardens under a rock layer
youngest layers on top
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Trace fossils are....
casts of living things
whole body parts
remains of traces of living things
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Sedimentary rock is...
an imprint in sedimentary rock
the actual body parts of living things
rocks made by sediment layering on top of each other
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the beginning of the earth, earth cools, first oceans form, no plants besides algea
Cenozoic
Mesozoic
Paleozoic
Precambrain
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Fossil record is...
the actual body part of a living thing
everything we know about fossils
preserved remains of living things
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the hypothesis that species gradually changed over many generations
Theory of Evolution
common ancestor
natural selection
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"Animals and plants evolve slowly over may generations by the process of natural selection"
Theory of Plate Tectonics
Theory of Revolution
Theory of Evolution
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What is a fossil?
dead things
Preserved remains of living things
dinosaurs that once lived
alive things
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explosion of life, Pangea forms, coal forests and cone plants
Precambrian
Paleozoic
Mesozoic
Cenozoic
