Fossil Flashcards

1
Q

Fossils
Imprints
Molds
Casts

A

Remains of a living organism
When soft body structures are pressed into developing rock and leave an imprint/impression
Hollow
Filled

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2
Q

Carbon film fossils
Petrified fossils
Original remains
Amber

A

Imprints
Bone decay and filled with rock
Ice or tar
Hardened tree sap

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3
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Archaeopteryx

A

Bird from reptiles

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4
Q

Horse series

Whale series

A

Gets bigger and less toes

Bigger then only to water animals then nose on forehead

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5
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Circumstantial evidence

Cambrian explosion

A

Interpretation

Where 95% of all fossils are found in this layer of rocks…. Implying the flood

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6
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Stasis

A

Animals where the same in the fossils as they are now… No change

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7
Q

Link fossils (also called …. ?)

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Transitional/immediate forms the transition from one form to another

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8
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Punctuated equilibrium

Worldview

A

Lot of change in a little amount of time

Bias, preconceptions going in

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9
Q

Coelacanth
Extinct
Hoatzin

A

The transitional fro fish to amphibian
Where a species has died out
South American bird with claws

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