Fossils

Pedro saw dinosaur footprints at the museum. Pedro was probably looking at fossils formed in

• coal 
• rocks
• living things
• crystals

 Which can scientists learn when they study fossils?

•  Why plants need sunlight
•      How volcanoes make new rocks
•  What plants lived long ago
•  When the next earthquake will occur

Donna wants to make something that looks like a fossil. Which should she do?

• mix sand and clay and let it dry
• cover a seed with soil and water it
• push a shell into clay and pull it out
• wrap a leaf around a rock and freeze it

Fossils of fish are found under land where cows now live. What does this tell you?

• the fish were dropped their by flying birds
• this land was once under the ocean
• farmers fed the fish to the cows
• fish used to live on land

Which animal part would MOST LIKELY form a fossil?

• fur
• lung
• bone
• muscle

Why do bones and teeth remain as part of some fossils?

• they are white
• bones are large
• the parts are hard 
• bones decay easily

 These are dinosaur footprints. What is this a example of?

• All of the below!!!!!
• index fossil
• permineralized  remains
• trace fossil

What is permineralized remains?

• fossils that have spaces inside that are filled in with minerals from groundwater.
  
• Mineral Fossils
• thin film of carbon remains of a once living organism that was preserved as a fossil.
  
• I don't know

A fossil is ____.

• a dead rotten animal
• the remains of things that lived a long, long time ago
• a plant that dried up

People who study fossils are called ____.

• meterologists
• fossilologists
• paleontologists