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AB Ch 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Fossils | traces of things preserved in rock |
| Formation | covered in sediment and decomposes, sediment pressed together |
| Cyanobacteria | prokaryotes, sunlight to make food |
| Paleozoic | age of fishes, life moved onto land, “ancient life” |
| Cenozoic | age of mammals, current era |
| Mesozoic | age of reptiles, dinosaurs, mammals started to form |
| Precambrian | life began |
| Opposable thumbs | grip, all primates |
| Front | facing eyes |
| Primates | binocular vision, and opposable thumbs |
| Hominids | earliest fossils in Africa, homo erectus |
| Ozone layer | protects earth from radiation |
| Mass extinctions | sudden global climate change, mark divisions in geologic time, largest |
| Eras | blocks of geologic time |
| Pangea | supercontinent |
| Relative dating | estimate age based on where it is found |
| Neanderthals | lived at the same time as homo sapiens |
| Paleontologists | scientists who study life before humans |
| Half | life |
| Tectonic plates | continents and oceans are on top of |
| Australopithecenes | similar to apes, but bigger brains |
| Homo sapiens | first to create sculpture and paintings |
| Scientists believe life came from simple chemicals |