Fossils Review Assessment

____________________ are remains of plants and animals that lived long ago.

• Dinosaurs

• Fossils

• Paleontologist

• Cavemen

Scientist who study fossils are called ______________________.

• Paleontologist

• Geologist

• Biologist

• Botanist

Most fossils are formed in ______________________ rocks.

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

What can we tell by this fossil?

• it is a circle

• it looks cool

• it is really old

• used for protection

If a fish fossil is found here what evidence tells us about the area where this fossil was found?

• it is a mountain

• used to be a body of water

• caused by erosion

• it is a desert

What is the first step in order to become a fossil?

• The body decomposes

• Overtime, it turns into a rock

• Paleontologists discover it

• An organism dies

What is the second step to become a fossil?

• the organism body decomposes

• An organism dies

• overtime, it turns into rock

• paleontologist discover the fossil

What is the third step to become a fossil?

• an organism dies

• the paleontologist discover it

• overtime, it turns into rock

• the organism body decomposes

What is the fourth step to become a fossil?

• paleontologist discovers the fossil

• the organism body decomposes

• the organism dies

• overtime, it turns into rock

The oldest fossils are in the _____________________ layer of rock.

• top

• bottom