Chapter 3 Lesson 3: Fossils and extinction

What do you call a scientist that studies fossils?

• Ecologist

• Paleontologist

• Zoologist

• Fossilologist

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True or False. All fossils come from dinosaurs.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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the remains or traces of an organism that lived long ago

• extinct
• amber
• fossil
• decay

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Pollution, over hunting, over population, deforestation and more are all examples of

• changes caused by organisms

• fast changes

• slow changes

• changes caused by humans

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Dinosaurs were ________.

• mammals

• reptiles

What type of fossil shows the size, shape, and detail of a leaf or footprint?

• bone

• petrified wood

• imprint

• mud

___________ means all of the members of a certain kind of living thing has died.

• death

• decay

• fssil

• extinction

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Plants are always changing.

• true

• false

Which animal is extinct?

• Panda

• Woolly Mammoth

• Camel

• Tiger

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A change in environment will affect plants and animals the same.

• true

• false

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