Paleontologist
Answer> studies the forms of life that existed in the past by studying fossils
Archaeologist
Answer> scientist who studies human history by digging up human remains and
artifacts use to reconstruct what happened in the history of life
fossil
Answer> derived from a Lat...
Biology 1023 Midterm Questions and Answers Paleontologis t Answer> studies the forms of life that existed in the past by studying fossils Archaeologist Answer> scientist who studies human history by digging up human remains and artifacts use to reconstruct what happened in the history of life fossil Answ er> derived from a Latin word meaning "something dug up" fossils Answer> major tool that gives researchers an idea about the type of organisms that lived during different geologic periods classes Answer> Based on the process by which fossils were formed, they can broadly be grouped into 3 major __________? types Answer> Within each class they are further categorized into different __________ based on the process of formation or the part that was fossil ized Essentially unaltered remains Answer> Class 1 Altered remains Answer> Class 2 Indirect evidence Answer> Class 3 Entire organism preserved Hard parts only preserved Answer> 2 Types of Class 1 (Essentially unaltered remains) Entire orga nism preserved Answer> such fossils are Rare; mammoths in frozen ice and insects completely trapped in amber Hard parts only preserved Answer> In these fossils, the soft tissues of the organism deteriorate and degrade over time leaving the hard part s essentially unchanged; shells, bones, teeth, etc... Distilled or Carbonized permineralization Answer> 2 Types of Class 2 (Altered remains)
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