fossils

fossils

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4th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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People who study fossils are called ____.
meterologists
fossilologists
paleontologists
fossil hunters

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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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
an insect stuck in amber

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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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
Where the animal lived

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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In order for a fossil to form, which of the following events must happen 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.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What happens when a group of animals become extinct?
All of its members have died.
Only a few of its members are still living.
The animals can no longer lay eggs.
All of its members move to another place.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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If scientists found this fossil, what could they infer?
what fish are like today
that this fish lacked oxygen
what kind of animal ate this fish
that water once covered the area

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