Chapter 2 Science Review

The scientific study of fossils is called?

• paleontology

• creation

• evolution

• geology

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One thing scientists cannot learn from a fossil is an animal's

• diet

• body shape and size

• behavior

• outward appearance

People who believe that life on earth evolved are called

• paleontolgy

• evolutionists

• creationists

• geologists

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The process of removing a fossil from the rock and other materials

• excavation

• evolution

• extinction

• decomposition

People who believe that God created the earth and all forms of life in six days are called

• geologists

• evolutionists

• creationists

• paleontologists

When the last of a certain plant or animal dies, ______ occurs

• excavation

• extinction

• evolution

• decomposition

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People draw conclusions about fossils based on what they believe about how the earth began.

• True

• False

Permanently frozen soil is called amber.

• True

• False

Dinosaur bones have been found only in the eastern parts of the earth.

• True

• False

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Fossils have been preserved in tar, ice, amber, and sedimentary rock.

• True

• False

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