chapter 11

Question 1

list three kinds of natural gases

Answer 1

• methane
• ethane
• propane

Question 2

any remains or trace of a formerly living organism preserved by natural processes

Answer 2

fossil

Question 3

a Swedish biologist, physician, and creationist who developed the system of biological classification used today

Answer 3

Carolus Linnaeus

Question 4

list three kinds of fossil traps and describe one

Answer 4

• amber: mineralized form of tree sap. Ooze down and traps small creatures, plants, and pollen
• ice
• asphalt traps

Question 5

crude oil as taken from the ground; traditionally known as a liquid fossil fuel made of decomposed fossil marine organisms

Answer 5

petroleum

Question 6

list four things trace fossils include

Answer 6

• tracks
• burrows
• eggs and + eggshells
• castoff exoskeleton

Question 7

list three inorganic gases

Answer 7

• helium
• hydrogen
• nitrogen

Question 8

in secular paleontology, the disappearance of a fossil form from the geologic column in more recent strata

Answer 8

extinction

Question 9

list three fossil fuels

Answer 9

• coal
• petroleum
• natural gas

Question 10

list three places fossils may be found

Answer 10

• rocks
• loose sediments
• fossil traps

Question 11

what two elements are in a hydrocarbon?

Answer 11

hydrogen and carbon

Question 12

a natural energy source that is believed to have formed from fossilized organisms

Answer 12

fossil fuel

Question 13

the study of fossil animals and plants

Answer 13

paleontology

Question 14

list six kind of fossils

Answer 14

• original material
• petrified fossils
• casts and molds
• carbon prints
• trace fossils
• microfossil

Question 15

List in order the seven classification groups

Answer 15

• kingdom
• phylum
• class
• order
• family
• genus
• species

Question 16

two groups in the scientific name

Answer 16

genus and species

Question 17

a mineralized form of tree sap, drops on small creatures and preserves them

Answer 17

amber