Guided Notes: Fossils

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https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/fossil/5to8/Intro.html

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https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/fossil/5to8/Intro.html

The fossil record holds important _______ about life in the past.
But not everything that once lived gets _______ as a fossil, nor do all fossils survive Earth’s _______.

https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/fossil/5to8/Page1.html

All of the fossils that exist, whether dug up or still in the earth, provide what?

Definition of a Fossil Record

What is a Paleontologist?

https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/fossil/5to8/Page2.html

Fossils can be _______ _______  of ancient organisms.

What are some examples of those parts that can be left behind as fossils?  (List 4)
1) _______ 
2) _______ 
3) _______ 
4) _______ 

https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/fossil/5to8/Page2b.html

Fossils can also be _______ left by organisms.

What are some examples of those traces that can be left behind as fossils? (List 4)
1) _______ 
2) _______ 
3) _______ 
4) _______ 

https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/fossil/5to8/Page2c.html

It __________ possible for a fossil to be both a trace fossil and body fossil.

What is a body fossil?

What is a trace fossil?

https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/fossil/5to8/Page3.html

Most fossils are formed when _______ and their _______ are _______ by _______.

Layers of sediment, such as _______ and _______, cover the remains of the _______  or its _______.

Eventually, the layers may _______ into _______ rock, _______ the remains inside.

Why is burial important speed important with fossils?

What is a scavenger?

What is a decomposer?

What are physical factors?

https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/fossil/5to8/Page4.html

Which organism do you think is most likely to be preserved.

If an organism or its trace gets buried _______, it is less likely to be _______.

https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/fossil/5to8/Page5.html

If a trace or body part/organism gets buried is it 100% guaranteed that it will fossilize? _______ 

Why or why not? _______ 

https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/fossil/5to8/Page6.html

What are mineralizations?

What are impressions?

What are microfossils?

In each of these examples, the organism was buried in sediment. But does an organism have to be buried in sediment to become a fossil? _______ 

Why or why not. _______ 

https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/fossil/5to8/Page6b.html

Explain how an organism can be preserved in ice.

Explain how an organism can be preserved in amber.

Explain how an organism can be preserved in tar.

https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/fossil/5to8/Page7.html

Which do you think is more likely to fossilize?

Explain your reasoning for the above answer.

What substance best helps soft structures remain preserved?

https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/fossil/5to8/Page8.html

How does the Benthic Ocean environment affect fossilization?

How does the Lake environment affect fossilization?

How does the Rocky Intertidal environment affect fossilization?

How does the Rainforest environment affect fossilization?

https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/fossil/5to8/Page9.html

You just learned that not all organisms have an equal chance of fossilizing. What are the important factors to consider?

Why is the above answer the correct answer?

Why is the fossil record not complete?
1) All _______ 
2) Only some _______ 
3) Of those that remain. _______ 

Of all the organisms alive today, what percent do you think will eventually become fossils?

https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/fossil/5to8/Page9a.html

Remember _______ 
Insects _______ 
On the other hand, _______ 

https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/fossil/5to8/Page10.html

How can fossils get crushed?

How can fossils get melted?

How can fossils get moved?

How can fossils get eroded?

https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/fossil/5to8/Page11.html

Igneous rocks are...

Sedimentary rocks are...

Metamorphic rocks are...

Which type of rock is most likely to contain fossils?

https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/fossil/5to8/Page12.html

Take a look at this geologic map of Montana. The different colors represent the rocks we can see at the surface, both by age and by type.

Imagine that you are a paleontologist in search of Tyrannosaurus rex.
Where would you start looking

Why was the above the correct answer?

https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/fossil/5to8/Page12b.html

What is the uplift process?

What is the erosion process?

Where do paleontologists look for fossils because the location has, like similar areas, are places where uplift and erosion occur.

https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/fossil/5to8/Page13.html

Why don’t paleontologists always find fossils in the areas likely to contain fossils?

How do fossils represent only a partial picture of life in the past?
1) Organisms _______ 
2) Only _______ 
3) Of those that remain, _______ 
4) Some fossils _______ 
5) Of those fossils that do exist, _______ 

https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/fossil/5to8/Page14.html