Fossils

What is Paleontology?

• The study of bones

• The study of fossils

• The study of past life

• The study of ancient artifacts

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Extinct means.....

• To be dead

• To live no longer on earth

• To be stanky

• No more of the species is living on earth

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Which of the following organisms is not extinct?

• dodo bird

• Dinosaur

• Peacock

• woolly mammoth

Which of the following is the most common types of fossils? (Select all that apply)

• Cast

• Iron

• Mold

• Trace

Which of the following is not a fossil we've discussed?

• Carbon film fossil

• Purified fossil

• Cast

• Mold

• Index

Footprints are an example of which type of fossil?

• Cast

• Trace

• Carbon film

• Petrified

________________ fossils are those that form minerals are washed into the hollow spaces of the remains.

• Mold

• Petrified

• Preserved

• Index

_______________ fossils form when an organisms remains is evaporated and leaves behind an extremely thin layer of carbon.

• Carbon film fossil

• Carbanative fossil

• Carbonic fossil

• Carbontration fossil

_________________ is a complete body of fossils that show how species and ecosystems changed overtime.

• Index fossil

• fossil record

• Trace fossil

• Fossil timeline

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_____________ fossils forms in soft sediment, indicates the movement or action of animals.

• Petrified

• Cast

• Carbon film

• Trace