Paleontology Questions
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In some organisms, called _______________, the temperature remains constant.
If predators are endothermic, they should require more energy than if they were ectothermic, and this should be reflected in the weight proportions of predators to prey, or predator/prey
What are the best rocks for radiometric dating?
Modern mammals and birds (and maybe dinosaurs) grow convoluted sheets of delicate, tissue-covered bone, called ________________, in the nasal cavities to minimize water loss in endothermy.
In some organisms, called ________________, temperature fluctuates.
Brain ______________are internal casts of the braincases of dinosaurs.
________________ are organisms that use external sources of heat to regulate their temperatures.
______________ is the study of the various integrated functions of an animal.
Can Radiometric dating techniques be used to date sedimentary rock?
radioactive isotope found in all living things
______________ are organisms that regulate their temperature internally.
When index fossils are found in rock layers in different areas of the world it indicates that the rock layer...
How many half-lies would be necessary for a sample of parent isotopes to decay to the point that only one-fourth of the sample is composed of parent isotopes?
What type of rock are almost all fossils discovered?
A varve is most like a ________________.
a fault or body of rock is younger than any other body of rock it cuts through according to the law of _______ ________.
What is used to date objects less than 70,000 years old