Fossils

A fossil is the hardened remains of a _______ or __________ that lived long ago.

• candy, toy

• iphone, cookie

• dinosaur, elephant

• plant, animal

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Scientists who study fossils are called ____________.

• smart

• doctors

• paleontologists

• fossil hunters

__________ fossils are not as common as ____________ fossils.

• cat, dog

• plant, tree

• plant, animal

• animal, plant

Scientists study fossils to learn about....

• how the Earth is made

• properties of rocks

• organisms from long ago

• how volcanoes are made

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What is something that you could not learn from a fossil?

• the size of an animal

• the color of an animal

• what the animal ate

• where the animal lived

What statement best describes how a dinosaur fossil is formed?

• The dinosaur ate plants.

• The dinosaur was frozen in ice.

• The dinosaur was covered in sediment.

• The dinosaur lived in groups.

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In order for a fossil to form which one of these things must happen FIRST?

• Slowly, minerals in the water replace the bone.

• Sediment covers the bone.

• An animal dies.

• The bone is no longer a bone, but a rock copy.

All of the following can become fossils except?

• bones

• shells

• teeth

• rocks

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What kind of fossil could help scientists know more about what kind of food the animal ate?

• shells

• leg bones

• skull

• teeth

How long does it usually take a plant or animal to become a fossil?

• 1 day

• 1 week

• 1 month

• 1 million years