Fossils

Scientists who study fossils are called

• Geologists
• Paleontologists
• Fossil Scientists
• Meteorologists

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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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Where are most fossils found?

• Igneous rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Sedimentary Rock

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What type of fossil is this?

• Mold fossil

• Cast fossil

• True Form fossil

• Trace Fossil

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What kind of fossils are these?

• Mold fossils

• Cast fossils

• True Form fossils

• Trace fossils

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What kind of fossil is this?

• Mold fossil

• Cast fossil

• True Form fossil

• Trace fossil

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This kind of fossil leaves behind evidence of an animal's behavior or activity.

• Mold fossil

• Cast fossil

• Trace fossil

• True Form fossil

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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True Form fossils are usually found in

• amber, rock, ice

• amber, ice, cement

• amber, tar, rock

• amber, tar, ice

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