Fossils and Dinosaurs

What is the scientific study of fossils called?

• geology

• creation

• evolution

• paleontology

____________ are people who believe that life on the earth evolved.

• geologists

• evolutionists

• Creationists

• paleontologists

People who believe that God created the earth and all forms of life in six days are called ________.

• geologists

• evolutionists

• Creationists

• paleontologists

___________ is when the last of a certain plant or animal dies.

• excavation

• evolution

• extinction

• decomposition

___________ is the process of removing a fossil from the rock and other materials around it.

• excavation

• evolution

• extinction

• decomposition

One thing scientists cannot learn from a fossil is an animal's __________

• diet

• behavior

• body shape and size

• outward appearance

When bone or wood is replaced by minerals that harden into rock, a _________ fossil forms.

• trace

• petrified

• cast

• mold

A fossil formed when part of a plant or animal decayed underneath the weight of sediment and left an image of itself on a rock is called _____________.

• carbon film

• trace fossil

• petrified fossil

• cast

A ______ is when fine sediment has been pressed into a mold and a copy of the shape of the organism is formed.

• petrified fossil

• trace fossil

• cast

• mold

The imprint of an organism that has been pressed into a rock is called a _________.

• petrified fossil

• trace fossil

• cast

• mold