FOSSILS

The preserved remains or evidence of ancient living things...

• clay

• fossils

• igneous rocks

• silt

How do fossils form?

• An organisms is rapidly buried. The sediments and minerals replace the tissues.

• An organism is buried slowly. Only bones can become fossils

Coal is the carbon left over from plants in between rock layers. Is coal technically a fossil?

• yes

• no

A scientist finds footprints in a fossilized stream bed. This is a ________.

• carbon film

• mineral replacement

• cast fossil

• trace fossil

Fossils could provide evidence for....

• relationships between past organisms and current organisms

• past organisms only

• current organisms only

People who study fossils are called ____.

• meterologists
• fossilologists
• paleontologists
• fossil hunters

_____ is any living thing, plant or animal, even you!

• A paleontologist
• An organism
• A fossil
• A rock

What happens to insects when they become trapped in amber?

• they form molds

• they are preserved (they stay the same)

• they decay

• they form casts

Which of the following is NOT an example of a fossil?

• an insect stuck in amber

• a petrified dinosaur bone

• a seashell found on the beach

• a footprint captured in mud

A paleontologist finds a fossil of a fish on top of a mountain. She can infer that the area was once ___________________________.

• much cooler

• underwater

• much warmer

• a desert