Bob Jones Science 5 Chapter 2 – Flashcards
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any part or trace of a living organism that is naturally preserved after it dies
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Fossil
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rot away
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Decompose
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Most of the fossils that we see today are clear evidence of a _________.
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worldwide flood
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Fossils that are made when bone or wood is replaced by minerals that harden into rock are called__________.
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petrified fossils
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Sometimes an organism is pressed into a rock and leaves an imprint, or ______.
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mold
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A ______ is formed when sediment fills in the empty space in a mold and produces a copy of the shape of an organism.
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cast
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A ________ is a dark image made from plants pressed in rock.
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carbon film
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Plants and animals can be fossilized in a hardened, yellow plant sap called _________.
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amber
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Formed from something that an organism left behind - such as a footprint, a hole where an animal lived, or its droppings.
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What is a trace fossil?
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Amber (sap), ice, and tar
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What are three things in which fossils can be preserved?
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People draw conclusions about fossils based on what they _______ about how the earth began.
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believe
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People who believe that life on earth developed gradually, or evolved, are called _________.
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evolutionists
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People who believe that God spoke and _________ the earth and all forms of life in six days are called _________.
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created, creationists
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Layers of rock represent geologic ages, or long time periods.
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Evolution
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The age of a fossil can be revealed by looking at the layer of rock in which the fossil is found.
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Evolution
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The Flood in Genesis 6-8 accounts for the formation of most fossils.
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Creation
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The earth is only thousands of years old.
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Creation
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Life on the earth had developed over millions of years.
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Evolution
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The earth came into being simply by chance.
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Evolution
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Genesis 1 explains the true origin of the earth.
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Creation
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_______ are scientists who study fossils.
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Paleontologists
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Scientists may use _______ as well as cranes and bulldozers to excavate fossils.
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simple tools
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Good places to look for fossils include cliffs, beaches, and ______.
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deserts
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Before a fossil is excavated, _______ are taken and a map is inside.
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photos
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Scientists often remove some of the surrounding rock along with a fossil to help _____.
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protect the fossil
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Paleontologists paint very fragile bones with a _______.
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protective coating
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Fossils are cleaned by paleontologists called _______.
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preparators
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Paleontologists look at _______ animals to help them reconstruct a fossil.
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modern
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___________ teach that life began millions of years ago.
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Evolutionists
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The carbon-dating method is ________ for determining when fossilized plants and animals lived.
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not exact
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The scientific study of fossils is called __________.
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paleontology
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The process of removing a fossil from the rock and other materials around it is called _______>
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excavated
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1) Photograph the site. 2) Make a detailed map of the site. 3) Excavate, or remove, the fossils. 4) Number the individual bones. 5) Wrap the bones to keep them from breaking.
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5 steps of excavating a fossil
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Fossils were buried by a sudden catastrophe like the Flood.
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Creation
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Simple organisms gradually evolved into new, complex forms of life.
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Evolution
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The position of a fossil in a rock may show how the animal attempted to avoid the Flood's waters.
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Evolution
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How old it is and when it died.
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List two things a scientist cannot know for sure from the skeleton of an animal.
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How the fossils should be shaped.
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In what way does the outward appearance of modern animals help paleontologists?
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It's mostly just a guess.
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What is one problem with using carbon dating to date fossils?
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The word dinosaur comes from words meaning ________.
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terrible lizard
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We know that dinosaurs lived in many different places because dinosaur bones have been found ___________.
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all over the world
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Paleontologists can make good guesses about the appearance of a dinosaur by looking at its ___________.
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skeleton
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The Behemoth, Leviathan, dragons, and flying serpents described in the Bible may have been _________.
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dinosaurs
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______________occurs when the last of a certain plant or animal dies.
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Extinction
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Extinction for many plants and animals can be caused by ______, lack of ________, or changes in the _________.
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disease, food, weather
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Birds developed from dinosaurs
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Evolution
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Dinosaurs and man lived at the same time.
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Creation
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Most animals outside of the ark were destroyed by the Flood.
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Creation
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Movement and body structure.
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What are two things that fossils may tell us about dinosaurs?
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Because the Bible tells us there were creatures and scientists believe those creatures were dinosaurs.
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How do we know that dinosaurs and man lived at the same time?
