Science 3.3

What is a fossil?

• a print or part of a plant or animal that lived a long time ago

• a shadow of something still alive

• a duplicate of an animal from a long time ago

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True or False: Very old shells or wood can be fossils too.

• True

• False

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____ lived on Earth many years ago. This type of fossil looks like _____ that live today.

• Butterfly

• Rainforest

• Dragonflies

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True or False: Mud or sand covering a dead animal is not one way a fossil can form.

• True

• False

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This word means an animal or plant no longer lives on Earth.

• Disappearance

• Resurfacing

• Extinct

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Fossils can show the _____ and ____ of things that lived long ago.

• height and weight

• size and shape

• color and height

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The person who studies fossils is called a

• Rocktologist

• Scientist

• Paleontologist

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True or False: Fossils do not help scientists learn about how Earth changed over time.

• True

• False

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