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Evidences of Evolution
Evidences of Evolution
Evidences of Evolution
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EVOLUTION
CHAPTER 7
BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION
IMPRESSION FOSSILS
TRACE FOSSILS
REPLACEMENT FOSSILS
IMPRESSION FOSSILS
• THESE FOSSILS CONTAIN PRINTS, OR
IMPRESSIONS OF PLANTS OR ANIMALS FROM
LONG AGO. THE PLANT OR ANIMAL LANDS IN
MUD, SILT OR SAND AND MAKES AN IMPRESSION.
• OVER TIME, IT DISAPPEARS, BUT THE
IMPRESSION REMAINS. THE MUD, SILT OR SAND
HARDENS INTO ROCK, AND AN IMPRESSION
TRACE FOSSILS
•THESE TYPES OF FOSSILS CAPTURE THE
ACTIVITIES OF ANCIENT ANIMALS. THESE
ANIMALS LEAVE THEIR FOOTPRINTS OR
SCAT, WHICH MAKES AN IMPRESSSION IN
THE SOFT MUD,SILT OR SAND.
REPLACEMENT FOSSILS
• THESE FOSSILS ARE REPLICAS OF THINGS THAT WERE
ONCE ALIE, SUCH AS TREES OR SEA CREATURES. THESE
LIVING THINGS ARE TRAPPED, DIE AND ARE COVERED
BY MINIERAL-RICH WATER.
• AS THEY ROT, ORGANIC PARTS ARE REPLACED BY A
HARD MINERAL CALLED SILICA. THE MINERALS FILL
IN THE SPACES AND CREATE A REPLACEMENT, OR
REPLICA, FOSSIL OF THE LIVING THING.
AMMONITES
AMMONITES/ AMMONOIDS
ARE GROUP OF EXTINCT MARINE
MOLLUSC ANIMALS IN THE
SUBCLASSS AMMONOIDEA OF THE
CLASS CAPHALOPODA.
EVIDENCE OF EVOLUTION
GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION
THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ORGANISM REVEAL HOW
ORGANISMS EVOLVED IN THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS.
DARWIN’S VOYAGE TO GALAPAGOS
CONTINENTAL DRIFT THEORY- THE GRADUAL MOVEMENT OF THE
CONTINENTS ACROSS EARTH’S SURFACE THROUGH GEOLOGICAL TIME.
AS PANGAEA CONTINUED TO MOVE AND SEPARATE INTO SEVERAL
CONTINENTS, THE ORGANISMS THAT LIVE ON THEM WERE ALSO
DISTRIBUTED.
EVIDENCE OF EVOLUTION