Fossils and Comparative Anatomy

What is the definition of fossilization?

• the process of an animal or plant being preserved in a hard, petrified form

• pressure removes the organism’s liquids and gases

• the body gets buried and minerals turn the organism into a rock form

• preserved evidence of the activity of an organism

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true or false: the fossil record is made up of all the fossils ever discovered on Earth.

• True

• False

what are the 3 structures of comparative anatomy?

• homologous structures, analogous structures, and vestigial structures.

• fossilization, carbonization, and mineralization

• cast fossil, mold fossil, and trace fossil

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what is cast fossil?

• preserved evidence of the activity of an organism

• an impression of an organism in a rock

• a fossil copy of an organism in a rock

• is the rock age timeline

what is an original material fossil?

• -sometimes the original tissue of the organism can be preserved

• the body gets buried and minerals turn the organism into a rock form

• pressure removes the organism’s liquids and gases

• pressure removes the organism’s liquids and gases

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what is comparative anatomy?

• body parts of organisms that are similar in structure and position but different in function

• body parts that perform a similar function but differ in structure

• the study of similarities and differences among structures if living species

• various cells, tissues, and organs in a body which no longer serve a function

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what is the images structure:

Analogous, Homologous, or Vestigial.

• Analogous

• Homologous

• Vestigial

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what is Relative-Age Dating?

• a fossil copy of an organism in a rock

• the rock age timeline

• use radioactive decay to learn a rock’s absolute age

• pressure removes the organism’s liquids and gases

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what is a

Mold Fossil?

• an impression of an organism in a rock

• preserved evidence of the activity of an organism

• the body gets buried and minerals turn the organism into a rock form

• use radioactive decay to learn a rock’s absolute age

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what are vestigial structures?

• body parts of organisms that are similar in structure and position but different in function

• body parts that perform a similar function but differ in structure

• the study of similarities and differences among structures if living species

• various cells, tissues, and organs in a body which no longer serve a function

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