Fossils Review

A fossil is the hardened remains of a _ or _ that lived long ago.

• plant

• animal

• fossil

• mineral

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People who study fossils are called __________ .

• fossilologist

• paleontologist

• meteorologist

• fossil hunters

Which fossils are most common?

• plant

• animal

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Which fossils are least common?

• plant

• animal

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Which is something you could NOT learn from a fossil?

• the size of the plant/animal

• what the animal ate

• what color the plant/animal was

• where the plant/animal lived

Which of these are things scientists can learn from fossils? Select all that apply.

• what the animal ate

• why the plant or animal died

• what plants and animals lived together

• what color the plant/animal was

• how long ago the plant or animal lived

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Which statement BEST describes how a dinosaur fossil is formed?

• The dinosaur was frozen in ice.

• The dinosaurs lived in groups.

• The dinosaur ate plants.

• The dinosaur was covered in sediment.

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In order for a fossil to form, which of these things must happen FIRST?

• The bone is no longer a bone, but a rock copy.

• Slowly, minerals in the water replace the bone.

• An animal dies.

• Sediment covers the bone.

Some fossils, such as bones or teeth look like the actual parts of animals.

• true

• false

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Fossils are the actual animal bones.

• true

• false