2 Nov

Question 1

What is the definition of biogeography?

Answer 1

The study of the distribution of plant and animal species, both existing and extinct, in specific geographical regions on earth

Question 2

What is the definition of global warming?

Answer 2

The process whereby greenhouse gases trap and retain heat from the sun’s rays

Question 3

What is the definition of continental drift?

Answer 3

The slow movement of land masses i.e. continents on the earth’s surface due to tectonic activity

Question 4

What is the definition of petrification?

Answer 4

The process whereby organic material is slowly replaced by minerals to form fossils

Question 5

What is the definition of carbon dating?

Answer 5

A method of determining the age of fossils by measuring the radioactive decay of carbon 14 and comparing it to carbon 12

Question 6

What is the definition of radiometric dating?

Answer 6

A method of determining the age of fossils by measuring radioactive decay

Question 7

What is the definition of mass extinction?

Answer 7

A period of time where many species rapidly disappear

Question 8

What is the definition of archaeopteryx?

Answer 8

A fossil of the most primitive bird known which possesses traits of both reptiles and birds