Fossils

A trace or remains of living things that lived long ago.

• Extinct

• Fossil

• Trace

The shape of the footprints left behind on mud or clay makes a _____ fossil.

• preserved

• trace

• cast

The actual body of the animal trapped in amber or ice makes a _________________ fossil.

• Preserved

• Trace

• Mold

Another name for woolly mammoth.

• Megalodon

• Mastodon

The older fossils are found in the ----------- layers of rocks.

• upper

• middle

• bottom

The plant fossils found in Antarctica tell us that.....

• Antarctica was a warm place long ago

• Antarctica was too cold from the beginning

• Antarctica was covered by water long ago

Scientists who study about human fossils are called.....

• Artist

• Archaeologist

• Paleontologist

Which of these animal is not extinct?

• Dinosaur

• Mammoth

• Red panda

• Dodo bird