BJU Chapter 11: Earth Science (Fossils)

Fossil Type: shells compacted into rock to form coquina

Fossil Type: a leaf film on the surface of a flat piece of slate

Fossils that would show organisms in the process of evolving are known as __________.

The classification system used for fossils is the same one used for living organisms today.

Fossil Type: animal-shaped fossil formed when minerals collected voids left after the animal decayed

Which of the following, if fossilized, would be considered microfossils?

Fossil Type: an animal-shaped cavity left in volcanic ash from an eruption

Fossil Type: fossilized trilobites that have been mineralized through replacement

What remarkable discovery came from the examination of a thigh bone of a Tyrannosaurus rex fossil in 2005?

A species begins to shrink due to having more deaths than births, is headed toward...

All hydrocarbons contain some combination of nitrogen, hydrogen, and carbon.

The collections of fossils found in asphalt traps provide a good idea of the community of organisms living around them.

Fossil Type: an insect trapped in amber

Fossil Type: fossilized dinosaur eggs

Fossils in amber were probably trapped before the Flood.

Creationist and secular geologists agree that coal formed from fossilized plants.

With a straightforward reading of the Bible, humans and dinosaurs lived on earth at the same time.

Most fossils are __________.

The purpose of paleontology is to promote evolution.

Which of the following is obtained by drilling?

A fossil is defined as any remains or trace of a formerly living thing preserved by natural processes.

Fossils can be found only in sedimentary rocks.

The type(s) of rock most likely to contain petroleum is (are)

What is the name for the study of fossils?

Who developed the system used today to classify organisms?

An unextinguished fire in an abandoned coal mine can cause

Methane, ethane, and propane are different forms of __________.

Most fossils are of dinosaurs or land animals.

We can find fossils of animals that are still alive today.

Fossils, especially those having detailed impressions of skin and feathers,

Fossils that seem to appear reliably in the proper geologic sequence and that are used by geologists to age

Fossil Type: dinosaur footprints

Fossil Type: a human skeleton trapped in glacial ice

Coal can be considered an organic igneous rock.

It is possible for animals to become fossilized when exposed only to air.

Fossils often appear out of order in the geologic column.

Petrified wood forms by a process called __________.

Which of the following substances commonly contains fossils?

Fossil fuels do not include __________.

Fossil Type: microscopic clamshells found in lake sediments

A fossilized track or burrow made by an animal is called a trace fossil.

Fossil Type: fossilized pollen grains

Fossil Type: a skeleton of a beluga whale found in loose sediments in the bottom of a lake

Nearly half of the electrical power plants in the United States use this fuel.