Fossil Review

People who study fossils are called ____.

• meterologists

• fossilologists

• paleontologists

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In order for a fossil to form, which of the following events must happen FIRST?

• Minerals in the water replace the bone.

• Sediment covers the bone.

• An animal dies.

• The soft parts rot away.

If scientists found this fossil, what could they learn?

• what fish are like today

• what color the fish is

• what kind of animal ate this fish

• that water once covered the area

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What is amber?

• glass

• hardened tree sap

• a plant

• a type of soil

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

• much cooler

• underwater

• much warmer

• a desert

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Long ago, small organisms became trapped in sticky tree sap that hardened. What is the hardened sap called?

• a cast

• an imprint

• a mold

• amber

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What are the remains of once living things called?

• rock

• fossils

• species

• extinct

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Fossils give clues about the past.

• True
• False

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Which of the following is NOT something you could learn from fossilized dinosaur bones?

• The size of the dinosaur

• What the dinosaur ate

• The color of the dinosaur

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Which animal part would MOST LIKELY form a fossil?

• fur

• lung

• bone

• muscle

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