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1243529393.9 billion years oldHow old are the oldest rocks?
124352940Physical evidence that an organism livedWhat is a fossil?
124352941Markings left by an animalWhat is a trace fossil?
124352942Minerals in rocks fill spare left by decaying organismsWhat is a cast?
124352943Minerals replace hard parts of an organism making a copywhat is a petrified fossil?
124352944Thin objects fall into sediment and leaves and imprint when sediment hardensWhats an imprint fossil?
124352945Move up 2 spacesBONUS
124352946Organism is burried in sediment and then decays and leaves an empty spaceWhat is a mold?
124352947Entire organism is trapped in ice or sap that hardens to amberWhat is an amber?
124352948A scientist that studies ancient lifeWhat is a paleontologist?
124352949A dinosaur ate you go back 4 spacesBONUS
124352950Each radio active isotope decays at a certain rateWhat is the half life?
124352951Commonly dates fossils up too 50000 yearsWhat is Carbon 14
1243529524How many "eras" are there?
124352953He disproved spontaneous generation of microorganismsWho Was Louis Pasteur?
124352954The idea that living organisms only come from other living organismsWhat is Biogenisis?
124352955They tested the theory that life began in the oceanWhat did Stanley Miller and Urey do?
124352956Groups of lipid and protein moleculesWhat are protocells?
124352957They form form protein that has been heated in salt waterWhat do protocells form from?
124352958Prokaryotes formed from protocellsWhat were the first forms of life?
124352959Large scale, results in taxonomic groupsWhat is macroevolution?
124352960Small ,specific genetic changesWhat is microevolution?
124352961He made observations to support ideas that god created lifeWho was Corolus Linnaeus?
124352962Change through use and disuseWho was Jean Baptiste Larmarck?
124352963Natiuralist,studied diverse speciesWho was Charles Darwin?
124352964Oldest fossils in bottom rock layerWhat is relative dating?
124352965Use at radioactive isotopes to detirmine accurate sate of a fossilWhat is radiometric dating?
124352966Starts at the beggining of the earthWhat is the hypothetical calender?
1243529673.5 billion years agoWhen was the earliest evidence of life recorded?
124352968PrecambianWhat was the first era of the earth?
124352969PaleozoicWhat was the second era of the earth called?
124352970Largest increase in diversity of lifeWhat happened in the paleozoic era?
12435297190% marine species and 70% land speciesWhat was wiped out in the paleozoic extinction?
124352972MesozoicWhat was the third era of the earth called?
124352973245 myaWhen did the Mesozoic era begin?
124352974One large land massWhat is Pangea?
124352975Continued drift of the earths plates.What is plate techtonics?
124352976CenozoicWhat if the fourth era of the earth called?
12435297766 myaWhen did the cenozoic era begin?
124352978MamalsWhat vainshed in the cenozoic era?
124352979He disproved spontaneous generation of large organismsWho was Frencesco Redi?
124352980Massive extinction from an ice age, go back 10 spacesBONUS
124352981Survive a meteor shower advance 10 spacesBONUS
124352982Charles DarwinWho was known as the "father of evolution"
124352983Best known for there different climatesWhat are the galapagos islands?
124352984Enables species to look like eachotherWhat is mimicry?
124352985Enables species to blend in with surroundingsWhat is camoflage?
124352986Changes to the species bodyWhat are structural adaptations?
124352987A body part that has no functionWhat is a vestigial structure?
124352988DNA and RNA comparisons.What is biochemistry?

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