Science Court: Fossils

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

Which of the following is NOT an example of a fossil?

• a petrified dinosaur bone
• a footprint captured in mud
• a seashell found on the beach

The process that turns living things, like bones, into rocks is called _____.

• rock and roll
• petrification
• dinosauring

When did dinosaurs live on Earth?

• Millions of years ago
• Thousands of years ago
• Hundreds of years ago

Which of the following is NOT a soft part of an animal?

• teeth
• heart
• tongue

Which of the following is NOT a hard part of an animal?

• bone
• brain
• teeth

Which of the following is NOT something you could learn from a fossil?

• The size of the animal
• What the animal ate
• The color of the animal

In which kind of rock do we usually find a fossil?

• sedimentary  rock
• rock candy
• hard rock

Which of the following events happens FIRST?

• Slowly, minerals in the water replace the bone.
• Sediment covers the bone.
• An animal dies.
• The bone is no longer a bone, but a rock copy.