5th Grade - SCIENCE - Chapter 2 Flashcards
This is the scientific study of fossils.
paleontology
These are people who believed that life on earth developed gradually.
evolutionists
These are people who believe that God made the earth and all life in six days.
Creationists
This occurs when the last of a kind of plant or animals dies.
extinction
This is the process of removing fossils from the rock around it.
excavation
This is what a paleontologist does before removing a fossil.
photographing the site
This is any part or trace of a living organism that is naturally preserved after it dies.
fossil
This means to rot away.
decompose
Most of the fossils today are clear evidence of ______.
worldwide flood
Fossils that are made when bone or wood is replaced by minerals that harden into rock are called ______
petrified fossils
Sometimes an organism is pressed into a rock and leaves an imprint, or ______
mold
A _____ is formed when sediment fills in the empty space in a mold and produces a copy of the shape of an organism.
cast
Plants and animals can be fossilized in a hardened, yellow plant sap called _____.
amber
List some things in which fossils can be preserved.
sediment, amber, ice and tar
People draw conclusions about fossils based on what they _____ about how the earth begin.
believe
People who believe that life on earth developed gradually, or evolved are called _____.
evolutionists
People who believed that God spoke and ______ the earth and all forms of life are called _____.
Creationists
Creation or evolution:
Layers of rock represent geologic ages, or long periods.
evolution
Creation or evolution:
The age of a fossil can be revealed by looking at the layer of rock in which the fossil is found.
evolution
Creation or evolution:
The Flood in Genesis 6-8 accounts for the formation of most fossils.
Creation
Creation or evolution:
The earth is only thousands of years old.
Creation
Creation or evolution:
Life on earth has developed over millions of years.
evolution
Creation or evolution:
The earth came into being simply by chance.
evolution
Creation or evolution:
Genesis 1 explains the true origin of the earth
Creation
Creation or evolution:
Fossils were buried by a sudden catastrophe like the Flood.
Creation
Creation or evolution:
Simple organisms gradually evolved into new, complex forms of life.
evolution
Creation or evolution:
The position of a fossil in a rock may show how the animal attempted to avoid the Flood’s waters.
Creation
A _____ forms when bone or wood is replaced by minerals that harden into rock.
petrified fossil
This is a dark image made from plants pressed in rock.
carbon film
This is formed when sediment fills in the empty spaced in a mold and makes a copy of the shape of an organism.
cast
A _____ forms from something that an organism left behind, such as a footprint, rather than from the organism itself.
trace fossil
This is any part or trace of a living organism that is naturally preserved after it dies.
fossil
Creation or evolution:
Man and dinosaurs lived on the earth at the same time.
Creation
Creation or evolution:
Other animals developed from dinosaurs.
evolution
True or False
Carbon dating is very accurate method to determine how old fossils are.
False
________ and __________ are two animals mentioned in the Bible that may have been dinosaurs.
Behemoth and Leviathan
People draw conclusions about _________ based on what they believe about how the earth began.
fossils
True or False
Dinosaur bones have been found only in the eastern parts of the earth.
false
