Fossils

People who study fossils are called ____.

• meterologists
• fossilologists
• paleontologists
• fossil hunters

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

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

• sedimentary  rock
• metamorphic rock
• igneous rock

Which of the following describes a group of living things that is no longer living.

• fossil
• extinct
• mold
• cast

The hardened remains of a living thing that died long ago.

• extinct
• cast
• fossil
• bone

Which type of fossil would look just like an actual body part of a once-living thing?

• a cast
• a trace
  atrace
• a mineral
• a footprint

Which is an imprint fossil?

• bone
• a cast
• petrified wood
• an animal track

A fossil animal has a mouth full of sharp, pointed teeth.  What can you infer about the animal?

• The animal ate fruits and vegetables.
• The animal is closely related to a shark.
• The animal did not live on land.
• The animal ate meat.

This type of fossil forms when minerals soak into the buried remains, replacing the remains, and changing them into rock.

• mold
• cast
• petrified
• preserved

This type of fossil forms when entire organisms or parts of organisms are prevented from decaying by being trapped in rock, ice, tar, or amber.

• trace
• preserved or original remains
• carbonized or carbon film
• index