Fossils

It is common to find a complete skeleton of a fossil.

• True

• False; it is very rare to find a complete skeleton

Which of the following is not an "ingredient" to make a fossil?

• air

• water

• death

• sunlight

Fossils of animals include:

• mammals, dinosaurs, birds, lizards, fish, and insects

• mammals, frogs, kittens, birds, and butterflies

• dinosaurs

• mammals, dinosaurs, birds, lizards, and fish

Plant fossils include:

• trees, bushes, and pollen

• trees, bushes, shrubs, leaves, ferns, stems, roots, and pollen

• trees and roots

• trees, bushes, shrubs, leaves, ferns, stems, and pollen

Which of the following choices in not a tool that paleontologists use?

• Pick

• Brush

• Magnifying glass

• Hammer

After a body of an ancient organism falls into a body of water and is dead, then it begins to...

• decompose.

• get replaced by minerals.

• become a rock.

• erode.

A trace fossil occurs when...

• a fossil does not contain parts of the original organism, just the marks that it made.

• an organism that is buried in sediment and then decays, leaving an empty space.

• an organism becomes trapped in tree sap.

• an animal gets preserved in ice and remains frozen for thousands of years.

A mold fossil occurs when...

• a fossil does not contain parts of the original organism, just the marks that it made.

• an organism that is buried in sediment and then decays, leaving an empty space.

• an organism becomes trapped in tree sap.

• an animal gets preserved in ice and remains frozen for thousands of years.

An amber fossil occurs when...

• a fossil does not contain parts of the original organism, just the marks that it made.

• an organism that is buried in sediment and then decays, leaving an empty space.

• an organism becomes trapped in tree sap.

• an animal gets preserved in ice and remains frozen for thousands of years.

An ice fossil occurs when...

• a fossil does not contain parts of the original organism, just the marks that it made.

• an organism that is buried in sediment and then decays, leaving an empty space.

• an organism becomes trapped in tree sap.

• an animal gets preserved in ice and remains frozen for thousands of years.