Fossils

Multiple Choice

What organism is this from?

• unicorn

• snail

• squid

• acorn

Multiple Choice

What organism is this from?

• snail

• lizard

• shark

• bird

Multiple Choice

What organism is this from?

• Dinosaur

• shark

• leaf

• lizard

Multiple Choice

What organism is this from?

• insect

• fish

• shark

• eel

Multiple Choice

What organism is this?

• starfish

• fish

• turtle

• sea urchin

Multiple Choice

What organism is this?

• Bird

• Insect

• dolphin

• oyster

Multiple Choice

What organism is this?

• Trilobite

• turtle

• armadillo

• insect

Multiple Choice

What organism is this?

• Snail

• Ammonite

• Trilobite

• Sea Urchin

Bonus! Fossil Trivia

Multiple Choice

How old is the oldest known fossil?

• 300 million years old

• 1 billion years old

• 3.5 billion years old

• 6 billion years old

The oldest known fossils are cyanobacteria from Archaean rocks of western Australia!

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​3.5 billion years old!

Multiple Choice

True or False: The fossil of a 3 FOOT parrot was found to be 16-19 million years old! Scientists referred to it as "Squakzilla"

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The word fossil can be traced to the Latin term "fossus" which means

• dug up

• eaten

• dead

• old

Multiple Choice

The first dinosaur fossil was found in

• 1999

• 1815

• 1600

• 1980

Multiple Choice

Trace fossils show how an animal once behaved, like fossilized poop (coprolite). In 2014, a collector paid _______ for fossil poop.

• $10

• $100

• $1000

• $10,000