Fossils Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Summarised table of all the hominid skeletons needed to know for the Life Science Final exam 2022. The document has in depth notes on: - illustration and Scientific Name - Information On Famous Fossil Found - Location Of Fossils And Palaeontologist Who Found Fossil - Characteristics And Facts - Time Period - Skeletal Features And Biological Traits

Adaptation- - correct answersThe adjustment or changes in behavior, physiology, and structure of an organism to become more suited to an environment. Aerobic- - correct answersA process that requires oxygen. Allele -An alternative form of a gene. An example would be genes that encode eye color—some encode blue eyes (one allele), while others encode brown, green, or hazel eye colors (other alleles). - correct answers amino acids - - correct answersA small organic molecule with the stru...

Which is not a requirement for a mineral? A) naturally occurring B) consistent isotopic composition C) well-formed external crystal shapes D) orderly regular atomic or ionic structure E) definite chemical composition - B Which of the following best describes the fundamental concept of superposition? A) Strata with fossils are generally deposited on strata with no fossils. B) Older strata are deposited on younger strata without intervening, intermediate age strata. C) An igneous dyke cut...

BioBeyond Unit 4 Written in Stone Exam Questions and Answers image 1 - ANSWER shellfish on top of the soil image 2 - ANSWER the shell buried three lays down image 3 - ANSWER full box of soil with the shell in the layers image 4 - ANSWER shell sticking out of the soil Description 1 - ANSWER An Ammonite(a shellfish with a spiral-shaped shell) dies and falls to the bottom of the sea where it is covered by sediments. Description 2 - ANSWER ...

What is fossil? - Answer-Remains of an ancient organism or its activity What kinds of rocks are fossils found in? - Answer-Sedimentary rocks What help determine the absolute and relative ages of rocks? - Answer-Fossils What provides clues to past geologic events, climates, and evolution of living things? - Answer-Fossils What are an indicator of an area's ancient environmental conditions and climates? - Answer-Fossils Why do fossils not form in igneous rocks? - Answer-Igneous roc...

Which is not a requirement for a mineral? A) naturally occurring B) consistent isotopic composition C) well-formed external crystal shapes D) orderly regular atomic or ionic structure E) definite chemical composition - B Which of the following best describes the fundamental concept of superposition? A) Strata with fossils are generally deposited on strata with no fossils. B) Older strata are deposited on younger strata without intervening, intermediate age strata. C) An igneous dyke cut...

What is a good, brief definition of evolution as relevant to biology? - Change over time in the characteristics of a population Does the theory of evolution imply a particular mechanism (yes/no)? - No What phrase did Darwin prefer to the word evolution? - Descent with modification Prior to the formulation of the idea (not really a theory yet) of evolution species were viewed as ___. - Species were unchanging How did Aristotle rank species in his ladder of Nature? - Proximity to perfection ...

This person, a NASA scientist, stated that they found alien remains on Earth and they could prove it: a) Richard Doll b) Richard Hoover c) James Lovelock d) Carl Sagan e) Tyron Hayes b) Richard Hoover Cyanobacteria fossils were found in meteorites, which NASA says proves that there is life on other planets. True or False False Antarctica's blood red waterfall can be blamed on: a) Sulfer b) Iron c) Methane d) Carbon Dioxide e) Chloride b) Iron To give a nonhuma...

What is paleontology? -Paleontology is the study of the history of life and its meaning. It is a four-dimensional science (three spatial dimensions plus time) -Paleontology is an eclectic field that draws on many other disciplines, including, but not limited to geology, developmental biology, physics, and chemistry -Paleontologists focus on extinct organisms but we also study extant (present day) ones too What are fossils? -Fossils are preserved remains of organisms from the remote pa...

BIOL 2200 Exam 1 Latest Update Graded A+ Aristotle, a philosopher Pre-300 BCE -described species as fixed -Scale of nature: arranges species in order of lowest to highest complexity -linear hierarchy Hutton, a geologist 1795 -proposed gradualism -change is a slow but continuous process Thomas Robert Malthus, an economist 1798 -published "Essay on the Principle of Population'" -Human population growth is limited by resources; At some point we will reach carrying capac...