Fossil Assessment

A person who studies fossils?

• Geologists

• Paleontologist

• Octologist

• Pantologist

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Amber is

• a hard orange-yellow substance formed from tree sap

• maple syrup that drips from a tree

• moisture in the leaves of trees

• rings that show a trees age in the stalk of a tree

The preserved remains of plants and animals that lived long ago.

• molds of dead things

• evidence of life long ago

• bones

• fossil

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Weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.

• weather

• temperature

• climate

• forecast

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To rot or decompose

• decay

• separate

• rot

• dead

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Living things such as plants and animals

• extinct

• amber

• fossils

• organisms

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Extinct means

• no longer living

• something preserved in amber

• decaying material

• a person who studies fossils

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When scientist found a fish fossil in the desert, they knew long ago that piece of land was

• a desert

• a mountain

• a hill

• a body of water

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In very cold climates, fossils can be preserved in

• ice or snow

• wood

• sand

• fossils can not be preserved in cold climates

Scientist analyze fossils to learn about organisms of the past.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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