Fossils and Geologic Age

People who study fossils are called ____.

• meterologists
• fossilologists
• paleontologists
• fossil hunters

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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
• an insect stuck in amber

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Which of the following is NOT something you could learn from a fossil?

• The size of the animal
• What the animal ate
• The color of the animal
• Where the animal lived

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

• sedimentary  rock
• metamorphic rock
• igneous rock

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In order for a fossil to form, which of the following events must happen FIRST?

• Slowly, minerals in the water replace the bone.
• Sediment covers the bone.
• An animal dies.
• The bone is no longer a bone, but a rock copy.

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Which statement BEST describes how the fossil bones of a dinosaur are formed?

• The dinosaur became trapped in amber.
• The dinosaur was covered in sediment.
• The dinosaur was frozen in ice.
• The dinosaur stepped in wet mud.

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Lily sees a skeleton of a dinosaur at a museum. What is true about the bones that make up the skeleton?

• The bones are made up of minerals.
• The bones are those of the dinosaur itself.
• The bones were formed from mud that hardened.
• The bones are made up of amber.

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Where can the oldest layer be found?

• The top layer
• The middle layer
• They are all the same age
• The bottom layer

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Which type of fossil is pictured? 

• mold
• cast
• carbon film
• petrified fossil

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What type of fossil is pictured? 

• cast
• petrified fossil
• preserved remains
• trace fossil

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