Fossils

Fossils are the remains of _____________.

• shells

• dinosaurs

• plants and animals

• extinct animals

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a scientist who studies fossils

• geologist
• biologist
• paleontologist
• chemist

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Which of the following is NOT an example of a fossil?

• a petrified dinosaur bone

• a footprint captured in rock

• a seashell found on the beach

• an insect trapped in amber

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What are the remains, imprints, or traces of once-living organisms?

• index fossils

• fossils

• mold

• cast

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Which animal part would MOST LIKELY form a fossil?

• fur
• lung
• bone
• muscle

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Fossils of fish are found under land where cows now live. What does this tell you?

• the fish were dropped their by flying birds
• this land was once under the ocean
• farmers fed the fish to the cows
• fish used to live on land

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What information can a fossilized plant give scientists?

• what color the plants were long ago
• what kind of animals existed long ago
• what dinosaurs looked like long ago
• what environments were like long ago

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A family was hiking on a mountain and found several fossils, including a shark tooth and a clam shell.  How has the area changed?

• It used to warmer.
• It used to be colder.
• It used to be an ocean.
• It used to be a desert.

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Which is an example of a fossil?

• a footprint in a rock
• a seashell under water
• a leaf in a puddle
• a bone on top of the ground

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How could there be fossils of ocean animals in states that are hundreds of miles from the sea?

• Lots of the same animals live in those states too.
• Groundwater must have carried to fossils to those states.
• Seawater must have covered those states at one time.
• Animals carried the fossils to those states.

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