Fossils

What are fossils?

•  preserved remains or evidence of ancient living things
• old decomposed extinct animals
• new species
• ancient buildings and caves

The most important aspects of formation of fossils in general are:

• Quick dead and soft parts
• Slow dead and hard parts
• Quick burial and hard parts
• Slow burial and soft parts

What are the organism that are more likely to form fossils?

• Birds
• fishes
• dinosaurs
• cattle

What are the parts that have a high chance of preservation in a lion?

• teeth and hair
• bones and teeth
• skin and flush
• internal organisms and fluids

Fossils have different sizes and shapes.

• True
• False

dinosaurs are the most common fossils. 

• True
• False

An organism that no longer lives is called?

• Decayed
• Evolved
• Extinct
• Preserved

Not all organisms become fossils

• True
• False

Plants cannot form fossils

• True
• False

Microorganisms cannot be fossilized.

• False
• True