Evolution Fossils

Change over time is

• evolution

• generation

• growth

• biogenesis

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Imprints or remains of once living organisms are called ....

• Evolution

• Vestigial Structures

• Homologous Structures

• Fossils

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What is most likely to create a fossil?

• Skull

• Fur

• Hair

• Skin

The gradual change in living things over time is..

• transition

• evolution

• age

• revolution

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How do bones become fossils?

• The bones dry off

• An animal eats it

• The bones get buried under leaves

• Bones need to be covered deep in sand/mud (100's of feet) then bone turns into stone

Provides evidence about the existence of species, the order in which they have existed through time, and how they have changed over time.

• extinction

• fossil record

• DNA

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Fossils that help fill in the gaps between two groups of organisms.

• transitional fossils

• fossil record

• amber fossils

• cast fossils

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​Fossils provide evidence of organisms that lived in the past.​

• true

• false

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The remains or imprints of once-living organisms.

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Over time, more sediment settles on top of the organism. Minerals in the sediment may seep into the organism and replace the body’s material with minerals that harden over time.

• rock

• amber

• cast fossils

• ice fossils

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