Fossils are ____________.

• Dead animals.

• Preserved remains of once-living things.

• Bones only.

• Footprints only.

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A scientist who studies fossils is called a _________.

• physicist

• biologist

• chemist

• paleontologist

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What is the first step in how a fossil is formed?

• The living thing dies.

• Something is buried in sand and soil.

• Sand and soil covering something become rock.

• A scientist discovers something and says its a fossil.

Eventually the rock is worn away through _________ and the fossil can be seen.

• deposition

• weathering

• erosion

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A ______ is an animal that eats only meat.

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

True or False. We can't learn anything about an animal's diet by studying fossils.

• True

• False

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The two main categories of fossils are ______ and _____.

• Cast and Mold Fossils.

• Trace and Mold Fossils.

• Body and Trace Fossils.

• Amber and Cast Fossils.

Body fossils can be found in hardened tree sap called ______.

• sediment

• amber

• erosion

• extinct

____________ fossils are parts of the body of plants or animals that have become fossils.

• Body

• Trace

• Cast

• Mold

A __________ is an animal that eats plants AND animals.

• omnivore

• carnivore

• herbivore