Fossils

______ are the remains of dead plants and animals.

• Dinosaurs

• Skeletons

• Fossils

• Organisms

A person who studies fossils is called a(n) ___________.

• Archeologist

• Paleontologist

• Dentist

• Fossilogist

A fossil is _________ plants and animals that used to be alive

• rotten

• burnt

• delayed

• decayed

Fossil hunters often look inside which kind of rock?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Volcanic

Which of the following could become a fossil?

• Rock

• Tree

• Toaster

• iPad

Which of the following could become a fossil?

• Dinosaur

• Rock

• Diamonds

• Water Bottle

Fossils, amber and petrification are all _________ to the past.

• tricks

• smells

• clues

• drawings

What is petrification?

• the process of forming amber

• water seeping through holes in wood

• honey dripping into animal tracks

• wood that heats up and becomes a diamond

What could become a fossil?

• dinosaur tracks

• animal droppings

• plant leaves

• all of the above

What is amber

• fossilized tree sap

• an old man's cane

• honey from inside rocks

• animal body parts from long ago made into mud