Quiz 2B

The scientific study of fossils is called

• Paleontology

• desert

• excavation

The process of removing a fossil from the rock and other materials around it is called

• creationist

• excavation

• evolutionist

Most fossils are about the same age since they were formed by the Flood

• Creationists

• Evolutionists

Life began with simple one-celled organisms which gradually changed to more complex forms of life.

• Creationists

• Evolutionists

Simpler forms of life are found in lower rock layers. More advanced forms of life are in the upper rock layers

• Creationists

• Evolutionists

The positions of a fossil in a rock may show how the animal attempted to avoid the Flood's waters

• Creationists

• Evolutionist

What does a Paleontologist do?

• most fossils were formed from a flood

• Studies about the fossils and what age

List 2 things a scientist cannot know for sure from the skeleton of an animal.

• what they look like and what kind of dinosaur exists

• worldview and homeland

What one thing do both Creationary scientists and evolutionary scientists depend on to date a fossil?

• Time

• Worldview

In what way does the outward appearance of modern animals help paleontologists?

• Paleontologists study about fossils age

• if they had rough or soft skin or the teeth sharp or dull to know if they eat leaf or bark