Fossils and Artifacts

What is fossil

• a map 
• something an archaeologists finds 
• The remains of an animal or plant that died and  left a bone or imprint long ago.
  

The study of the past by looking at what people left behind ______________________________. 

• paleontology
• archaeology 
• anthropology
• species

What is the time period before a written language was created?

• History
• Climate
• Prehistory
• Environment

The preserved remains or traces of organisms that lived in the past are ________________

• Fossils

• Extinct

• Gone forever

• Artifacts

What is an artifact

• something a paleontologist finds 
• Any object made by  humans left behind
  
• The remains of an animal or plant that died and  left a bone or imprint long ago.
• a book

Is this a fossil or artifact?

• Fossil
• Artifact

Is this a fossil or artifact?

• Fossil
• Artifact

Scientist that hunt for evidence buried in the ground where settlements once have been.

• Anthropologist
• Archaeologist
• Historians
• Chemist

Is this a fossil or artifact?

• Fossil
• Artifact

Is this a fossil or artifact?

• Fossil
• Artifact