biological evolution:unity and diversity

Question 1

Fossils

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Extinct

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Paleontologist

Answer 3

A scientist that studies fossils.

Question 4

Herbivore

Answer 4

An animal that eats plants

Question 5

Carnivore

Answer 5

An animal that eats meat.

Question 6

Omnivore

Answer 6

An animal that eats both plants and meat.

Question 7

Organisms

Answer 7

any living thing.

Question 8

Mold

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Cast

Answer 9

Formed or shaped within the mold.

Question 10

Imprint
(Impression)

Answer 10

A fossil created by a print or impression

Question 11

Amber

Answer 11

Hardened tree sap,often a source of inset fossils

Question 12

Trace fossils

Answer 12

Studying trace fossils,we can learn about how animals lived

Question 13

True form fossils

Answer 13

an actual preserved body of an animal

Question 14

environmental conditions

Answer 14

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