Fossils and Geological Time

Scientists who study fossils are called

• Geologists
• Paleontologists
• Fossil Scientists
• Meteorologists

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What type of fossil is this?

• Mold
• Cast
• Preserved remains
• Trace fossil

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Which is the most recent era of time- the one that we are currently in?

• Mesozoic 
• Paleozoic 
• Cenozoic 
• Precambrian 

The era that dinosaurs ruled the Earth's land, air and oceans.

• Cenozoic
• Paleozoic
• Precambrian
• Mesozoic

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Which is an example of a trace fossil?

• animal tracks
• coprolite
• burrows
• all of the answers given here

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Which of the following would NOT help an organism become fossilized?

• shell 
• skeleton 
• buried quickly with sediment 
• soft body parts 

What kind of fossil is this?

• Mold fossil

• Cast fossil

• True Form fossil

• Trace fossil

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What do fossils teach us about?

• Everything we need to know about a plant or animal.

• They teach us about the past and the environment.

• Everything single living thing will become a fossil when it dies.

• That wooly mammoths are not extinct.

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What could you NOT conclude by looking at this dinosaur fossil?

• It has sharp teeth so it probably ate meat.

• It had long legs so it probably ran fast.

• It had a long tail which it probably used for defense.

• It had claws so it was probably a great swimmer.

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Extinct means

• A dead animal has become fossilized.

• There is no more of a species left.

• Permineralization has occured within the fossil.

• The fossil has become petrified.

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