Chapter 11 Review pt. 1

Most plants and animals found there are similar to what is found in the region today

A fossil is any remains or trace of a formerly living thing preserved by natural processes

Kinds of fossils: Original materials, Petrified fossils, Replacement, Casts and molds, Permineralization

Kinds of fossils: Carbon prints, Compression fossils, Trace fossils, Microfossils, Most common kind

How fossils formed: Death and decay, Scavengers, In some rare cases, decay is avoided

How fossils formed: Rapid burial, Very rarely seen on Earth today

Where fossils are found: In rocks, Usually sedimentary, In loose sediments, Not enough sediment to form rocks

Where fossils are found: In fossil traps, Amber, Ice, Asphalt

Evolutionists date fossils by the ages of the rocks in which they are found

Remnants of tissue and blood cells have been found in fossils, This is evidence for recent fossil formation