Day 65, pp. 484 -- 504

 

plate tectonics (3)

fossil record (8)

phylogenies and clades (5)

mass extinctions (5)

dating (4)

Quiz, pp. 484 -- 504

1.  Define:

the fossil record

plate tectonics

continental drift

clade

2.  Explain how a fossil normally forms.

EC Name two kinds of fossils

3.  Copy chart page 487.

4.  Explain radiometric dating (carbon dating).

5.  Explain the concept of a mass extinction.

6.  Copy chart page 493.