Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity

Question 1

Remains or traces of plants and animals that lived a long time ago.

Answer 1

fossil

Question 2

A living thing that is no longer alive anywhere on earth today.

Answer 2

extinct

Question 3

A scientist that studies fossils.

Answer 3

paleontologist

Question 4

An animal that eats plants.

Answer 4

herbivore

Question 5

An animal that eats meat.

Answer 5

carnivore

Question 6

An animal that eats both plants and meat.

Answer 6

omnivore

Question 7

Any living thing

Answer 7

organisms

Question 8

A hollow fossil form clearly showing the outside features of the organism

Answer 8

mold

Question 9

formed or shaped within the mold

Answer 9

cast

Question 10

A fossil created by a print or impression.

Answer 10

imprint (impression)

Question 11

hardened tree sap, often a source or inset fossils

Answer 11

amber

Question 12

studying trace fossils, we can learn about how animals lived

Answer 12

trace fossils

Question 13

An actual preserved body of an animal.

Answer 13

true form fossils

Question 14

A change or disturbance of the environment most often caused by human influences and natural ecological processes

Answer 14

Environmental conditions

Question 15

The process of carrying away rocks

Answer 15

erosion (takes it)

Question 16

A natural process that slowly breaks apart rocks

Answer 16

weathering ( breaks it)

Question 17

An invisible force that pulls objects towards each other

Answer 17

gravity(drops it)