Fossils Virtual Field Trip

What do the paleontologist make around the fossil to protect it?

• mold

• mummification

• case

• cast

Where is the last place the fossils Mark Norell finds go?

• American Museum of Natural History

• America's National Museum

• Museum of America

• They don't get moved

Check all of the ways that the age of fossils might be determined.

• using Earth's Magnetic Field

• looking at it

• comparing the fossil to others like it

• using Radioactive Dating

Where are Mark Norell & his crew digging right now for this trip?

• Taiwan

• India

• Mongolia

Most of the chickens we eat are only ____ weeks old.

True or False?

All dinosaurs were gigantic.

• True

• False

Check all of the places Norell mentions that he has dug for fossils at.

• Madagascar

• Japan

• Peru

• Central Asia

• China

How many dinosaur fossils are in the museum?

• hundreds

• thousands

• millions

• none

Do you think you would want to be a paleontologist?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

• NEVER

It is hard to tell the difference between a fossil and a ____ without the use of a microscope.