Fossil Quiz 1

Amber is

• a hard orange-yellow substance formed from tree sap

• maple syrup that drips from a tree

• moisture in the leaves of trees

• rings that show a trees age in the stalk of a tree

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

• molds of dead things

• evidence of life long ago

• bones

• fossil

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Extinct means

• no longer living

• something preserved in amber

• decaying material

• a person who studies fossils

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When scientist found a fish fossil in the desert, they knew long ago that piece of land was

• a desert

• a mountain

• a hill

• a body of water

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____________________ is a scientist who studies fossils.

• paleontologist 
•  fossil
• preserved
• extinct

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Something _____________________ has been kept from harm or   change.

• paleontologist 
•  fossil
• preserved
• extinct

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Why is it important to study fossils?

•  Fossils are evidence of organisms that lived long ago.
• Fossils are fortune tellers.
• Fossils are fun to study.
• Fossils are found everywhere in the world.

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Which would be an example of a fossil?

• Sedimentary Rock
• Oyster Pearl
• Dinosaur Footprint
•   Rotting Log

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Which Rock type would be best to find fossils?

• Igneous Rock
• Sedimentary Rock
• Metamorphic Rock

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Impression →A mark or design made on a surface by pressure

• ture
• false