Science Chapter 2 Review

Which is not a way living things are preserved?

• Tar

• Amber

• Water

• Permafrost

Which type of preservation method came from the sap of a tree?

• Amber

• Tar

• Permafrost

• Ice

What part of the body is NOT usually fossilized?

• bones

• teeth

• claws

• skin

The scientific study of fossil is called

• geology

• creation

• evolution

• paleontology

People who believe that life on the earth evolved are called

• geologists

• Creationists

• evolutionists

• paleonotologists

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

• geologists

• Creationists

• evolutionists

• paleontologists

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

• excavation

• extinction

• evolution

• decomposition

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

• excavation

• extinction

• evolution

• decomposition

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

• diet

• body shape and size

• behavior

• outward appearance

When bone or wood is replaced by minerals that harden into rock a ______ fossil forms

• cast

• mold

• petrified

• trace