Evolution-Are they among us?
Across
- 4. the dying out of a large number of organisms over a relatively short period time
- 6. the process by which the age of a fossil or rock is determined through measuring the decay of radioactive isotopes
- 7. a species from which two or more species have descended
- 9. a subdivision of a geologic eon-an earl is the second-longest period of geologic time
- 11. a method used to identify the approximate age of a rock layer by determining the ages of the layers above and below it
- 12. the process of bringing back organisms that have gone extinct
- 13. both the inside and outside structure of an organism
- 14. the process by which an embryo forms and develops
Down
- 1. an organism preserved in rock that is common of a particular time or environment and used to help identify geologic periods
- 2. all know fossils in the Earth's history arranged in chronological order
- 3. a developing animal that hasn't hatched or been born yet and is in the earliest stages of growth when its basic structures are being formed
- 5. a scientist who studies the fossils of prehistoric organisms
- 8. the geologic age of a fossil as defined by other rocks or fossils
- 10. the study of fossilized animals and plants
- 14. the gradual change in living things over many generations due to changes in inherited traits