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22 Cards in this Set
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Any part or trace of a living organism that is naturally preserved after it dies is called a
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Fossil
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Fossils that we see today are clear evidence of a
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Flood
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Fossils can be found preserved in sedimentary rock, -----------, ice, permafrost, or ------------.
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Amber, tar
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Plants and animals can be fossilized in a hardened yellow plant sap called
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Amber
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Permanently frozen soil is called
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Permafrost
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A copy of the shape of the organism formed by fine sediment that has been pressed into a mold
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Cast
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A fossil that is not an actual part of an organism but something that was left behind, such as a footprint or droppings
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Trace fossil
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A fossil formed when part of a plant or animal decayed underneath the weight of sediment and left an image of itself on a rock
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Carbon film
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A fossil formed when part of a living organism decayed and was replaced by minerals that hardened into rock
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Petrified fossil
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The imprint of an organism that has been pressed into a rock
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Mold
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People draw conclusions about fossils based on what they --------- about how the earth began.
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Believe
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People who believe that life on the earth evolved are called
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Evolutionist
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Evolve means to change
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Gradually
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People who believe that God spoke and -------- the earth and all forms of life in six days are called ----------.
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Created,creationist
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The earth came into being simply by chance.
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Evolutionist
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Genesis 1 explains the true origin of the earth.
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Creationist
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The earth is only thousands of years old.
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Creationist
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Life on the earth has developed over millions of years.
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Evolutionist
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Layers of rock represent geologic ages,or long time periods.
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Evolutionist
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The age of a fossil is known by looking at the layer of tj rock in which the fossil is found.
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Evolutionist
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The global Flood described in Genesis accounts for the formation of most fossils.
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Creationist
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Rock layers are evidence that a catastrophe, such as a global flood, occurred during a short period of time.
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Creationist
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