Paleontology Exam 1 With Complete Solutions 2024

Paleontology Exam 1 With Complete
Solutions 2024



Paleontology .- .correct .answer.the .study .of .fossils .and .prehistoric .life

Fossils .- .correct .answer.the .physical .remains .or .traces .of .behavior .of .organisms
.preserved .in .the .rock .record




Prehistoric .- .correct .answer.before .written .history

Biology .- .correct .answer.the .study .of .life

Geology .- .correct .answer.the .study .of .the .Earth

Anthropology .- .correct .answer.the .study .of .humans

Archaeology .- .correct .answer.the .study .of .human .artifacts

What .did .people .think .about .rocks .and .fossils .before .Steno .and .Cuvier? .- .correct
.answer.People .thought .fossils .were ."leftovers" .from .Creation, .rocjs .that .happened .to

.look .like .different .things, .attempts .by .evil .creatures .to .make .life, .or .the .bones .of .a .dragon,

.giant, .or .another .mythical .creature!




What .contributions .did .Steno .and .Cuvier .make .to .understanding .the .world? .- .correct
.answer.They .were .potentially .among .the .first .to .use .observations .to .explain .the .natural

.world .and .they .led .us .to .the .4 .basic .discoveries .of .paleontology.




4 .Basic .Discoveries .of .Paleontology .- .correct .answer.1) .Fossils .are .remains .of .unknown
.creatures

2) .The .reason .that .these .fossils .were .unknown .is .that .they .are .extinct
3) .There .are .different .phases .of .Earth .history, .each .with .their .own .sets .of .organisms .- .a
.succession .of .many ."fossil .worlds"

4) .Humans .were .only .present .at .the .very .lastest .of .these .phases .in .which .most .things
.were .already .of .their .modern .form .or .close




What .is .science? .- .correct .answer.Science .is .the .systematic .acquisition .and .application
.of .knowledge .about .the .physical .universe .gained .via .empirical .(physical, .logical)