Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Fossil Lab Background questions Due Mar. 10

1. What is a fossil?
2. Who is a Paleontologist? How are they different from geologists?
3. What is a cast fossil?
4. What is a trace fossil?
5. WHat is the most common type of fossil?

Topic 3 & 4 vocabulary Due Feb. 23

Topic 3 & 4 Vocabulary
Continental drift
Fossils
Pangaea
Paleontologists
Trenches
Strata
Ridges
Geological column
Diverging boundary
Eras
Converging boundary
Subduction
Theory of Plate Tectonics
Transform boundary
Anticline
Syncline