Fossils

Which type of rock are fossils found in?

• Igneous rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Metamorphic rock

• All rocks

Which statement is true?

• Layer C is the oldest

• Layer B is older than Layer C

• Layer B is older than Layer A

• Layer A is the youngest

What conclusions could you make about the environment where this fossil formed?

• It might have been a grassland.

• It was under water.

• It was snowy and cold.

• It was a desert.

Scientists who study fossils are called

• Paleontologists

• Geologists

• Fossil Scientists

Which layer is oldest?

• G

• A

• Y

• Z

Fossils are most often preserved in?

• amber

• ice

• rock

• tar pits

Coal is made from

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

• remains of organisms

• magma

Fossils such as _________________ provide evidence of past life and environmental conditions

• footprints and shells

• hieroglyphics

• rocks and sand

• rare minerals

Scientist have found large groups of fossils of marine organisms on mountaintops. What does this tell scientists about the past?

• That these organisms left the ocean and climbed to the top of an inland mountain to die.

• That these rocks must have been moved there by some one else.

• That these rocks were always above the surface of an ocean.

• That these rocks were once below the surface of the ocean.

Fossils are the remains of an animal or plant that lived long ago. What can fossils tell us?

• What the world looks like today.

• What the world will look like next year.

• What the world looked like millions of years ago.