Earth Science Chapter 11 (Bob Jones 5th ed.)

Which of the following substances commonly contains fossils?

T/F? It would be a minor inconvenience to completely give up burning petroleum

Who developed the system used today to classify organisms?

Description: A mixture of the hydrocarbon gases methane, ethane, and propane

T/F? Secular scientists have identified two major extinction events in the last 500 mil years

We can't assume that plant/animal fossils found together in rock strata actually lived together

How would you classify a skeleton of a whale found in loose sediments in the bottom of the sea?

Description: Lignite, bituminous, and anthracite

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

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

How would you classify fossilized trilobites that have been mineralized through replacement?

What discovery came from the examination of a thigh bone of a T-Rex fossil in 2005?

Fossils that are used by geologists to determine the age of rock strata are called ____

How would you classify fossilized dinosaur eggs?

Description: Most often found along with crude oil

How would you classify a leaf film on the surface of a flat piece of slate?

T/F? Creationist and secular geologists agree that coal formed from fossilized plants

T/F? Fossils can only be found in sedimentary rocks

There are no fossils that show a clear transition of one kind of animal into another

Petrified wood forms by a process called _____

T/F? Collections of fossils found in asphalt traps provide a good idea of the animals around

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

T/F? We can conclude that soft tissues can survive within fossils for millions of years

Description: A thick, oily liquid

Most fossils are _______

The Bible is more authoritative than secular science in the Progressive Creation view

What is the name for the study of fossils?

How would you classify dinosaur footprints?

How would you classify an insect trapped in amber?

T/F? The purpose of paleontology is to promote evolution

T/F? A fossil is any remains of a formerly living thing preserved by natural processes.

All scientific evidence proves that petroleum was formed from nonbiological sources

Description: Organic sedimentary rock

Description: The only fossil fuel that is not a fluid

T/F? Most fossils are of dinosaurs or land animals.

T/F? Coal can be considered an organic igneous rock

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

T/F? We can find fossils of animals that are still alive today

T/F? Fossils often appear out of order in the geologic column

How would you classify a human skeleton trapped in glacial ice?

T/F? A fossilized track or burrow made by an animal is called a trace fossil.

Fossil fuels do not include _____

Which of the following shows the likely order of development for these minerals?

How would you classify microscopic clamshells found in lake sediments?

Which of the following is obtained by drilling?

Methane, ethane, and propane are different forms of _____

A literal reading of the Bible would assume that humans & dinosaurs were alive at the same time

The fossil record shows 5 major extinction events during the past 500 mil years

Living things should be classified using genetic similarities; different organisms are related

T/F? It is possible for animals to become fossilized when exposed only to air.

How would you classify fossilized pollen grains?

Some forms of coal have been properly classified as

When there are more deaths than births in a species, it is possibly heading toward ____

All of the following would be acceptable to a young-earth scientist except which one?

Trilobites received their name from

How would you classify an animal-shaped cavity left in volcanic ash from an eruption?

Index fossils can be used to establish absolute ages of rock strata

Fossils of feathered dinosaurs show the transition of dinosaurs to birds

Fossils showing organisms in the process of evolving from one form to another are known as

How would you classify shells compacted into rock to form coquina?