Fossil Review Quiz

How does an animal most likely became a fossil?

• The bone filled with water very quickly.

• The bone hardens in the sun

• The bone was replaced by minerals over a long period of time.

How are MOST fossils formed?

• near volcanoes, because the high heat

• in rock, because being buried in sediment helps to form fossils

• near earthquakes

• near our backyards

An amber fossil is made when

• an organism gets trapped in resin

• an organism gets trapped in ice

• an organism gets trapped in mud

What is the FIRST STEP in a fossil being formed?

• A dinosaur dies and is buried quickly.

• A dinosaur is found

• Layers of sediment build up on the buried body.

What is the LAST step in how a dinosaur is formed?

• Layers of sediment build up on the buried body.

• Time turns the sediments into rock.

• A fossil is discovered.

How do we know that dinosaurs exsist?

• Their fossils duh!

• They saw them.

• Someone took a photo.

What was the most likely habitat (HOME) of this fossilized organism?

• a lake

• playground

• mountains

• forest

What must happen to an animal's body for it to become a fossil?

• It must be buried right after death.

• It must all have soft body parts.

• It must be placed in water.

What information can you gather BEST from looking at the body features on this fossil?

• The organism could swim.

• The organism could fly.

• The organism lived only on water.