Fossils, Relative and Absolute Age Test

Fossils give us evidence about which of the following?

• plants and animals that lived long ago
• how weathering and erosion break down rocks
• the other planets in our solar system
• the transfer of energy from one form  to another

Finding fossils in an area can help us learn what about that location?

• Which places in the region receive the most sunlight
• The effect of the climate on the formation of the soil
• How modern plants and animals interact there
• The kinds of organisms that lived there long ago

What tells you the most about the history of the Earth?

• Water

• Plants and Animals

• People

• Rocks and Fossils

Fossils of fish are found under land where cows now live. What does this tell you?

• the fish were dropped their by flying birds
• this land was once under the ocean
• farmers fed the fish to the cows
• fish used to live on land

Which animal part would MOST LIKELY form a fossil?

• fur
• lung
• bone
• muscle

Why do bones and teeth remain as part of some fossils?

• they are white
• bones are large
• the parts are hard 
• bones decay easily

 These are dinosaur footprints. What is this a example of?

• All of the below!!!!!
• index fossil
• permineralized  remains
• trace fossil

A fossil is ____.

• a dead rotten animal
• the remains of things that lived a long, long time ago
• a plant that dried up

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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

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

• sedimentary  rock
• rock candy
• hard rock