Fossil

____________________ is a scientist who studies fossils.

• paleontologist 
•  fossil
• preserved
• extinct

  A _____________________ is the remains or evidence of an   ancient organism.

• paleontologist 
•  fossil
• preserved
• extinct

When something is _____________________ it no longer exists.

• paleontologist 
•  fossil
• preserved
• extinct

Something _____________________ has been kept from harm or   change.

• paleontologist 
•  fossil
• preserved
• extinct

A _____________________ is an extinct ocean shellfish.

• paleontologist 
•  fossil
• Trilobite
• extinct

Why is it important to study fossils?

•  Fossils are evidence of organisms that lived long ago.
• Fossils are fortune tellers.
• Fossils are fun to study.
• Fossils are found everywhere in the world.

Which would be an example of a fossil?

• Sedimentary Rock
• Oyster Pearl
• Dinosaur Footprint
•   Rotting Log

What evidence shows that parts of Utah were once the sea floor of   an ancient ocean?

• Mammoth fossils found in caves.
•  Saber tooth tiger claws found in rocks.
• Trilobites found in limestone.
• Cooper and gold found in mines.

Why are the soft parts of a shark’s body not preserved in a fossil?  

• They are squeezed out when the shark is buried.
• They are not made of mineral or rock.
• They cannot be changed to rock.
• They rot before fossilization can occur.

Where are prehistoric animals preserved as whole animals?

•  In Sedimentary Rock
• In amber
• In limestone
• In oceans