Fossils Test.

What is a fossil?

• A pokemon

• Remains or traces of plants and animals that lived a long time ago.

• An animal that is alive.

• A plant that is alive.

What does extinct mean?

• An animal that lives today.

• An animal that lived a long time ago and still lives.

• A living thing that is no longer found alive anywhere on earth today.

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What do you call a scientist that studies fossils?

• Ecologist

• Paleontologist

• Zoologist

• Fossilologist

Choose the best answer. What can we learn about an animal by studying its teeth?

• Their teeth tells us what kind of animal they were. It tells us if they ate meat or veggies.

• Nothing

• It tells me whether they were sharp or not.

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What might fossilized poop tell us about an animal’s activity?

• It tells us about what they ate and where they lived.

• Not much, all poop looks the same.

• It tells us what they looked like.

What is a carnivore?

• An animal that eats meat.

• They eat veggies.

• They eat veggies and meat.

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What is a herbivore?

• They eat meat.

• An animal that eats plants.

• They eat meat and veggies.

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True or false: all fossils come from dinosaurs.

• True

• False

True or false: all fossils come from animals that are extinct.

• True

• False

Fill in the blank: Fossils form ________ Earth’s surface.

• on top of

• buried under

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