Fossils

What is a paleontologist?

• Scientist that digs.

• Scientists that study dinosaurs.

• Scientists that studies rocks.

• Scientists that studies fossils of the past.

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What can NOT be a fossil?

• Bones

• Eggs

• Leaves

• Ice

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What is a fossil?

• Clues and imprints of the past.

• A rock.

• Dinosaur details.

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Fossils can be found in...

• ice, amber, tar, and dirt

• ice, the air, water, and dirt

• Only dirt

• ice, water, dirt

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What happens when a group of animals become extinct?

• All of its members have died.
• Only a few of its members are still living.
• The animals can no longer lay eggs.
• All of its members move to another place.

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Which part of an animal might form a fossil?

• brain

• bones

• eyes

• heart

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How are imprint fossils made?

• an imprint made by the outside of a dead plant or animal when water moves the remains

• an imprint made by sediment filling a mold as a result of sediment filling a mold and creating the same shape as the once living thing

• tree sap falling onto a plant and enclosing the plant

How are amber fossils made?

• an imprint made by the outside of a dead plant or animal when water moves over the remains

• an imprint made by sediment filling a mold and creating the same shape as the once living thing

• tree sap falling onto a plant and enclosing the plan