Fossils

Extinct means

• A dead animal has become fossilized.

• There is no more of a species left.

• Permineralization has occured within the fossil.

• The fossil has become petrified.

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Scientists who study fossils are called

• Geologists
• Paleontologists
• Fossil Scientists
• Meteorologists

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Which layer is oldest?

• A
• W
• G
• Z

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

• an insect stuck in amber

• a petrified dinosaur bone

• a seashell found on the beach

• a footprint captured in mud

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The deeper the layer the fossil is found, the older the fossil will likely be.

• True

• False

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According to the law of superposition, the oldest fossils are found 

• At the top of the rock layers
• Near the bottom of the rock layers
• In the middle of the rock layers
• Somewhat near the surface

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What kind of fossil is this?

• Mold fossil

• Cast fossil

• True Form fossil

• Trace fossil

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What type of fossil is this?

• Mold fossil

• Cast fossil

• True Form fossil

• Trace Fossil

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Footprints, nests, and eggs are all examples of what kind of fossils?

• Mold fossil

• Cast fossil

• Trace fossil

• True Form fossil

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A mold fossil is

• evidence of animal's behavior such a footprints or nests

• the positive image of a fossil that was formed by sediments and minerals

• the entire preserved organism

• the impression of the animal or plant left after it decomposed