Fossils

What are fossils?

• a. They are remains of living things from centuries ago.

• b. They are fresh remains from a few months ago.

• c. They are what is left after the rain.

Which of these things could become a fossil?

• a. a plant

• b. a snail

• c. fish

• d. all of the above

What is amber?

• a. Insects were caught inside tree sap become hardened and then ocean water filled the gap.

• b. A sap made in a tree.

• c. A substance that looks like sugar.

What does the word "petrified" mean in this passage?

• a. It means something that turns to marble.

• b. It means something "turned to stone," and minerals filled in the parts that so long ago was bone.

• c. It means scared out of your mind.

A living thing that was "mummified" had to be perfectly _____?

• a. dried

• b. wet

• c. buried

• d. petrified

What is the name given to a scientist who studies fossils?

A mold is an imprint made by the outside of a dead plant or animal. Explain how a mold is form?

• a. A mold form when water washes animal or plant remains out of the rock. Sometimes sediment or minerals fill a mold and form a cast.

• b. A mold forms when water gets in causes spots on the wall.

• c. A mold forms when you don't clean your a/c unit enough.

Define the terms excavate.

In paragraph Five, name TWO things living things can be covered with.

• a. sediment

• b. tiny stones

• c. coal

• d. all of the above

Name TWO examples of trace fossils.

• a. tracks and burrows

• b. worm holes and sand dunes

• c. sediment and coal