Biology-B6-Evidence for Evolution

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  • Created on: 25-02-23 13:55
Fossils are the remains of?
organisms
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From how long ago?
millions of years ago
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Found in?
rocks
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HOW THEY FORM
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What are the three ways fossils form?
preservation
replacement by minerals
casts and impressions
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Preservation is where no?
decay takes place
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This can happen when what is absent?
conditions for decay are absent
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For example, a fossil may form in amber when there is an absence of?
oxygen
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Fossils may form in glaciers due to?
it being too cold
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Or there may not be enough?
water
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Replacement by minerals is whereas the organism decays?
it forms a rock like substance
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This is how?
most fossils are made
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Cast and impressions happen when an organism is buried?
in a soft material
like clay
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The soft material will then?
harden around the organism
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Leaving a?
a cast
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What is an example of a cast?
plant roots
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What is an example of an impression?
footprints
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PROBLEMS
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Many of Earths early forms of life were?
soft bodies
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This means they didnt have?
a shell or skeleton
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Soft bodied organisms rarely form?
fossils
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And if they did they were ?
destroyed
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Due to the Earths?
geological activity
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Therefore fossil records?
are incomplete
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And scientists are uncertain?
on how life on earth truly began
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