Fossils Review

What is the definition of a fossil?

• a really old organism

• when an organism dies, is buried, and forms into a hard rock over many years

• a picture of a dinosaur

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What type of rock are fossils most often found in?

• metamorphic

• igneous

• sedimentary

Which fossils are more common?

• animal

• plant

What type of fossil is formed when a mold is filled with minerals and hardens?

• cast

• imprint

• mold

If an animal has flat teeth, what can you infer about it?

• ate meat and plants

• ate meat

• ate plants

A person that studies fossils is a paleontologist.

• True

• False

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Special features that help an organism survive in its environment are...

• species

• adaptations

• camouflage

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How was this fossil most likely created?

• It was covered with tree sap and hardened.

• The sun baked it into the rock.

• The shell left a print and it was covered with sediment.

• It melted onto the rock.

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If a dinosaur fossil was found, and it had a horn on its head. What can you conclude about that dinosaur?

• It could protect itself.

• It was slow moving.

• It ate meat.

• It could move quickly.

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If you dug 80 meters into the ground, and found fossils of cactus and snakes.

What kind of environment can you infer was there in the past?

• Ocean

• Swamp

• Tundra

• Desert

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