Fossils assessment

A person who studies fossils

• fossil

• amber

• Paleontologist

• climate

a hard orange-yellow substance formed from tree sap

• Fossil

• Amber

• Paleontologist

• Climate

Weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

• Paleontologist

• climate

• decay

• organisms

The preserved remains of plants and animals that lived long ago.

• Fossil

• Amber

• Paleontologist

• Climate

Living things such as plants and animals

• Climate

• Decay

• Organisms

• Extinct

To rot or decompose

• Climate

• Decay

• Organisms

• Extinct

No longer alive

• Climate

• Decay

• Organisms

• Extinct

When scientists found a fish fossil in the dessert, they knew that long ago that piece of land was __________________.

• a desert

• a mountain

• a body of water

• a hill

In very cold climates, fossils can be preserved in ______________________.

• ice or snow

• sand

• wood

• fossils cannot be preserved in very cold climates

What does a sharp tooth fossil tell scientists about that animal?

• it probably only ate plants

• it probably ate other animals (meat)

• it probably drank water

• it was prey for other animals