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How the fossil record indicates a long history of changing life forms.?
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The fossil record shows that different species have evolved over time. The fossil record also provides evidence of how a specific organism evolved from earlier species. The fossil record shows that organisms have become more complex over time. It also shows which organisms lived during the same time period, which have a common ancestor, and which have become extinct.
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What are two things the paleontologists can learn from fossils?
1. When that animal/plant lived. 2.What killed that animal/plant.
What does the fossil record reveal about new species of organisms?
They evolved over time from older species.
Do fossil records help to date fossils?
Fossil records contain radiation, and the older the fossil is, the less radiation it gives off. Scientists study how much radiation is in the fossil record, and they find out how old the earth is.
Charles Darwin viewed the fossil record as?
Darwin predicted that the fossil record would either prove or falsify his theory. Darwin realized the difficulty the fossil record (missing links) gave his theory when he said, "Why, if species have descended from other species by fine graduation, do we not everywhere see innumerable transitional forms? Why is not all nature in confusion, instead of the species being, as we see them, well defined?" Today, top evolutionists know that Darwin's predictions of what the fossil record would reveal have failed.
The first organisms evolved on Earth around 4 billion years ago The fossil record indicates that the first organisms were?
a. marine invertebrates b.land plants c.reptiles d.prokaryotes
The fossil record indicates that Earth has experienced?
5 mass extinctions
The fossil record indicates that the earliest cells lived about?
According to the fossil record, the earliest cells lived about 3.5 billion years ago.
What does the rock and fossil record represents?
The history of the Earth and the history of life on Earth.
Evaluate the impact of increased understanding of the fossil record on the development of ideas about the history of life on earth?
Over the last hundred years, the fossil record has assisted in changing the understanding of the development of life on Earth to include a widespread acceptance of the scientific explanation of the evolution of living things.
What does the lack of fossil record for some of the Earths history mean to scientists?
that the fossil are oder then what we think
What does the lack of a fossil record for some of the earth's history mean to scientists?
that the fossil are oder then what we think
Why might the fossil record of the early history of these species have gaps?
The lack of a clear fossil record might indicate rapid evolution or that the transitional species was not very widespread.
What are two things that scientists learn from the fossils record?
The fossil record provides evidence about the history of life and past environment on earth. The fossil record also shows that different groups of organism have changed over time.
What are two things the paleontologists can learn from fossils?
1. When that animal/plant lived. 2.What killed that animal/plant.
What is a measurment of the earths history divided into time periods is?
fossil record geologic time scale
What is a measurement of the Earth history divided into time periods?
fossil record geologic time scale
What is a measurement of the earths history divided into time periods?
fossil record geologic time scale
