Fossils

Front

Which type of rock are fossils found in?

Back

Sedimentary rock

Front

Which statement is true?
Options:

Layer C is the oldest

,

Layer B is older than Layer C

,

Layer B is older than Layer A

,

Layer A is the youngest

Back

Layer B is older than Layer C

Front

What conclusions could you make about the environment where this fossil formed?

Back

It might have been a grassland.

Front

Scientists who study fossils are called

Back

Paleontologists

Front

Which layer is oldest? Options: G, A, Y, Z

Back

A

Front

Fossils are most often preserved in?

amber

,

ice

,

rock

,

tar pits

Back

rock

Front

Coal is made from:

igneous rock

,

metamorphic rock

,

remains of organisms

,

magma

Back

remains of organisms

Front

Fossils such as _________________ provide evidence of past life and environmental conditions

Back

footprints and shells

Front

What does the presence of large groups of marine fossils on mountaintops indicate about the past?

Back

That these rocks were once below the surface of the ocean.

Front

What can fossils tell us?

Back

What the world looked like millions of years ago.