You found a piece of sandstone with ripples across it. What inference can you make?

There was once a beach here and the ripples are fossilized wave marks.

This is a fossil of bird footprints.

The rock has been folded through tectonic movements.

This is a fossil of a leaf impression.

Why do we not know what color dinosaurs were?

The soft parts of dinosaurs' bodies (skin and flesh) rotted and were not fossilized.

The soft parts of dinosaurs' bodies (flesh and skin) were squeezed out when dead dinosaurs were buried.

Not enough fossils have been found.

In the movie "Jurassic Park" a Tyrannosaurus Rex was attacking people. Why would that not be possible?

Neither T-Rex nor humans lived during the Jurassic era.

T-Rex only hunted small dinosaurs.

T-Rex and humans lived on different continents.

What might a scientist tell from seashell fossils found on top of a mountain?

The mountain was once part of an ocean bottom.

Shelled animals once lived on mountaintops.

Sea creatures were eaten by animals there.

How were dinosaur bones fossilized?

They were buried in layers of sediment; water with minerals filled the bones; the bones hardened; the bones were exposed again on the surface of the earth.

They were buried in layers of sediment; acidic water filled the bones; the bones hardened; the bones were exposed again on the surface of the earth.

They were never buried; rainwater and sand minerals filled the bones; the bones hardened.

They were buried in sediment; the top layers squeezed the bones so they became rock hard.

How is the fossilized skeleton of a dinosaur similar to the skeleton of a lizard?

They are both small and two-legged.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

In which rock would you most likely find a fossil? Explain.

granite

marble

limestone

obsidian

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Imagine you found a trilobite fossil in your backyard. What inference about your state's environment could you make? Explain.

It was once a desert.

It was once the floor of an ancient sea or ocean.

It was once a swampy forest.

It was once covered with a glacier.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

An insect trapped in amber is an example of:

preserved fossil

mineral replacement

trace fossil

NOT a fossil

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Which fossil is the oldest? Explain.

Ceolophysis's claw

Mammoth's tusk

trilobite

T-Rex's bone

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

A leaf imprint in rock is an example of:

trace fossil

preserved fossil

mineral replacement

impression fossil

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Why is it important to study fossils?

Fossils are fun.

Fossils are found around the world.

Fossils provide information about organisms that lived long ago.

Paleontology is an important science.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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A dinosaur footprint is an example of (circle all that apply):

trace fossil

preserved fossil

mineral replacement

impression fossil

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Des fossiles et des dinosaures

In which rock would you most likely find a fossil? Explain.

Imagine you found a trilobite fossil in your backyard. What inference about your state's environment could you make? Explain.

An insect trapped in amber is an example of:

Which fossil is the oldest? Explain.

A leaf imprint in rock is an example of:

Why is it important to study fossils?

A dinosaur footprint is an example of (circle all that apply):

Imagine you found a fern fossil in your backyard. What inference about your state's environment could you make? Explain.

In which rock would you NOT find a fossil?

What does the word "dinosaur" mean?

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