Fossils Test Review

______ are preserved remains of living things from the past.

• Fossil

• sediment

• rock

• organisms

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Most fossils are made of _____.

• bones

• plants

• skin

• minerals

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There are scientists who study living things from the past. What are they called?

• Scientists

• trackers

• paleontologists

• geologists

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There are many ways that animals can be preserved. Which answer choice is NOT a way animals can be preserved?

• Frozen

• buried in tar pits

• in water

• found in amber

What type of fossil is a mark or shape in the rock that was left by a plant or animal that lived long ago?

• sediment

• imprint

• mold

• extinct

True or False: The fossil process takes only one year.

• True

• False

Choose the animal that is not extinct.

• elephant

• mammoth

• dinosaur

• saber-tooth cat

How can scientists tell what an animal ate?

• by looking at its location

• by looking at its teeth

• by looking at its footprint

• by looking at its bone

If a fossil of a shell was found in the desert what would this tell scientists?

• the area was once covered by water

• the area was once covered by trees

• the area has always been dry

• the area was once very cold

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