Fossils

A paleontologist is...

• a hard, orange-yellow substance formed from tree sap

• a person who studies fossils

• the preserved remains of plants and animals that lived long ago

• living things such as plants and animals

Amber is...

• to rot or decompose

• no longer alive

• living things such as plants and animals

• a hard orange-yellow substance formed from tree sap

A fossil is...

• something that can't tell us anything about the past.

• to rot or decompose

• the preserved remains of plants and animals that lived long ago.

• weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

Climate is...

• to rot or decompose

• weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

• no longer alive

• a hard orange-yellow substance formed from tree sap.

Decay means...

• living things such as plants and animals

• a person who studies fossils

• to be preserved forever

• to rot or decompose

Organisms are...

• the preserved remains of plants and animals that lived long ago

• weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

• living things such as plants and animals

• none of these answers

Extinct means...

• no longer alive

• to rot or decompose

• to still be alive and exist

• weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

What does a FLAT tooth fossil tell scientists about the animal?

• It probably ate plants.

• It probably ate meat.

• There is nothing that a scientist can learn from this.

Fossils usually form in these types of rocks

• igneous

• sedimentary

• fossils can't form in rocks

• metamorphic

Bones, teeth, and eggs are examples of these types of fossils:

• body fossils

• amber

• imprint fossils

• none of these