I Will Survive - Fossils

To remain alive

• Survive

• Extinct

• Environment

• Species

____________________ is a scientist who studies fossils.

• paleontologist 
•  fossil
• preserved
• extinct

Fossils are the remains of an animal or plant that lived long ago. What can fossils tell us?

• What the world looks like today.

• What the world looked like millions of years ago.

• What the world will look like next year.

Although dinosaurs once lived on Earth they are no longer alive today. What is one piece of evidence that paleontologists use to prove they once existed?

• Cartoon Pictures.

• Fossils found in rocks.

• The plants scientists think they ate.

True or False: Fossils can teach us what an animal ate.

• True

• False

What does extinct mean?

• A plant or animal that is in danger of dying out.

• A plant or animal that is alive.

• A plant or animal that has completely died out and no longer on Earth.

Which type of fossil would look just like the body part of a once-living thing?

• mineral

• footprint

• cast

• petrified wood

Which is an imprint fossil?

• bone

• a cast

• an animal track

• amber fossil

An animal has sharp, pointy teeth, what can we infer about this animal?

• The animal lived in the water

• The animal lived near the beach.

• The animal is a carnivore.

• The animal only ate plants.

This type of fossil is tree sap hardened and replaced by minerals.

• Petrified wood

• Imprint

• Amber

• Mold