Fossils

Most fossils are found in ____________ rocks.

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Obsidian

Shallow prints or marks left in solid rock or in the ground are called

• imprint

• mold

• cast

• amber amber

Fossils are often found in hardened tree sap called

• imprint

• amber

• mold

• cast

Which of the following animals are extinct

• elphant

• deer

• wooly mammoth

• whale

Which animal part would MOST LIKELY form a fossil?

• muscle

• skull

• fur

• feathers

For a living thing to become a fossil, the living thing must

• have a skeleton

• have a hard outer shell

• die by drowning in water

• be dead for a very long time

If you found a rock with fossils in it, you would know that the rock was probably formed

• by a volcano

• beneath layers of rock

• near the center of the Earth

• near a mountain

What living thing does the fossil contain?

• plant

• dinosuar

• insect

• bear

Which of the following can become fossils?

• imprints of plants

• remains of animals

• footprints of animals

• all of these

Dinosaurs are extinct but scientists study them. What can they find to prove dinosaurs lived?

• fossils

• maps

• newspapers

• internet