1.

Fossils are records of

structural changes that happen
to organism.

FACT
2. Scientists sometimes do not
agree on the age of a fossil.

FACT
 3. Only genetic information
supports the idea that wildlife
evolves over time.

BLUFF
4. Humans have stopped
evolving.

BLUFF
5. Evolution can only happen
after a long period of time.

BLUFF
6. Evolutionary evidence is
permanent and cannot be
reversed.

BLUFF
7. Fossils provide clear
evidence of evolution.

FACT
8. Mature organisms look
more similar that their
embryos.

BLUFF
9. DNA as evolutionary
evidence is modern.

FACT
10. There may be similarities
between different species due
to a common ancestor.

FACT
❑The change in inherited traits over
successive generations in populations of
organisms.
❑ A solid evidence that organisms found in the past.

❑ Are the preserved physical remains of

organisms.
Examples: Bones, shells, and feathers.
❑The process of turning an organisms into a
fossil. This process involves all the fossil's
physical, chemical, and biological aspects.
When a dinosaur died, its More time passed. The
body rotted away, dinosaur's skeleton was
leaving the skeleton squashed by the sediment
behind. It got covered in and eventually the bone
sediment. became rock.

This mold was then filled Thousands of years later,

with minerals from the the rock erodes exposing
water – and the fossil the fossil.
was formed!
❑ Also known as “true form”. These are real-
deal parts of plants or animals that have
turned into fossils.
❑These are like footprints, nests, or handprints
left behind by creatures. They are not parts of
the organism’s body itself. But rather the
marks or evidence of their activities.
1. RELATIVE DATING

❑The age of rock is

compared to other
rock layers.
 2. RADIOMETRIC DATING

❑Method used to determine the

age of rocks using the decay of
radioactive isotopes of Carbon-
14 which is present in rocks
when the organism died.
❑Studies the similarities
and differences in the
structures of organisms.
❑structures having
similar anatomical
features but they do
not necessarily have
the same function.
❑are biological structures
having similar or
corresponding functions
but not from the same
evolutionary origin.
❑The portion of the
life cycle that
begins just after
fertilization.
❑small mutations or
changes in the DNA
eventually lead to the
evolution of new
species.
1. Why are fossils important?

2. How do fossils form?

3. Why we need to study our

history?