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Ch6 Sec3

Ch6 Sec3. The Fossil Record. Key Concepts. How do most fossils form? How can scientists determine a fossil’s age? What is the Geologic Time Scale? What are some unanswered questions about evolution?. Key Terms. Petrified fossil Mold Cast Relative dating Radioactive dating

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Ch6 Sec3

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  1. Ch6 Sec3 The Fossil Record

  2. Key Concepts • How do most fossils form? • How can scientists determine a fossil’s age? • What is the Geologic Time Scale? • What are some unanswered questions about evolution?

  3. Key Terms • Petrified fossil • Mold • Cast • Relative dating • Radioactive dating • Radioactive element • Half-life • Fossil record • Extinct • Gradualism • Punctuated equalibria

  4. Ch6 Sec3 • How Do Fossils Form? • Most fossils form when organisms that die become buried in sediments • Petrified Fossils • Some remains that become buried in sediments are actually changed to rock. Minerals dissolved in the water soak into the buried remains. Gradually, the minerals replace the remains, changing them into rock • Molds and Casts • Mold is a hollow space in sediment in the shape of an organism or part of an organism • Cast is a copy of the shape of the organism that made the mold • Preserved Remains

  5. Ch6 Sec3 • Determining a Fossil’s Age • Scientists can determine a fossil’s age in two ways: • Relative dating to determine which of two fossils is older • Radioactive dating scientists to determine the actual age of fossils • Radioactive elements, which are unstable elements that decay, or break down, into different elements • Half-life of a radioactive element is the time it takes for half of the atoms in a sample to decay

  6. Ch6 Sec3 • What do Fossils Reveal? • Fossil record is the millions of fossils that scientists have collected over time • Extinct Organisms • Extinct is if no members of that species are still alive • The Geologic Time Scale • A calendar of Earths history

  7. Ch6 Sec3 • Unanswered Questions • Two unanswered questions about evolution involve the causes of mass extinctions and the rate at which evolution occurs • Mass Extinctions • Gradualism, proposes that evolution occurs slowly but steadily • Punctuated Equilibria is a theory that accounts for the gaps in the fossil record

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