Fossil Quiz

A fossil is a...

• Living organism

• Remain/trace of a living thing

• a type of sneaker

• a kind of dance

A fossil forms when a living thing dies and is buried by sediment. That sediment then turns into...

What kind of rock are fossils found in?

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• igneous

Dissolved minerals in groundwater...

• Feed the rocks

• Turn the rock layers into ash

• Fill spaces in bone which eventually become fossils

• Kill fossils

How can a fossil be found? (check all that apply)

• By a paleontologist

• By a collector

• Randomly

A fossil can most likely be found...

• Near quiet water

• On tik tok

• In a tidal pool

• By big waves

Fossils form from __________ parts.

A mold and cast fossil...

• Is a hollow and solid copy in the shape of an organism

• is a fossil where minerals replace all or part of an organism

• A thin coating of carbon on a rock

• Provides evidence of activities of organisms

A trace fossil...

• Is a hollow and solid copy in the shape of an organism

• is a fossil where minerals replace all or part of an organism

• A thin coating of carbon on a rock

• Provides evidence of activities of organisms

A petrified fossil

• Is a hollow and solid copy in the shape of an organism

• is a fossil where minerals replace all or part of an organism

• A thin coating of carbon on a rock

• Provides evidence of activities of organisms