Brainpop Jr. Fossils quiz

What is a fossil?

• something left from a plant or animal that lived long ago that has turned into rock

• no longer living and none of its kind is alive today

• different kinds of rock or soil, like mud, sand, or clay

• a scientist who studies fossils to learn about the Earth’s past

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Scientists found groups of fossil footprints. What could this discovery show?

• these animals might have lived in the ocean

• these animals might have traveled in groups

• these animals might have lived alone

• these animals probably had large teeth

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Scientists found this fossil shell in a desert. What did this tell them about the Earth’s history?

• this animal used to live in the desert

• this animal used to have legs

• water used to be where the desert is now

• mountains used to be where the desert is now

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Which animal is extinct?

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What is a paleontologist?

• a kind of tree sap

• a tool used to dig for fossils

• an animal that only eats plants

• a scientist who studies fossils

Which is a plant fossil?

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Which kind of food do you think this animal mostly ate?

• plants

• rocks

• insects

• meat

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Over millions of years, layers of sediment cover a fossil. What is sediment?

• a scientist who studies fossils to learn about the past

• hard parts of an animal, like claws and teeth

• soft parts of an animal, like skin and hair

• different kinds of soil and rock, like sand and clay

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When a living thing dies, it DECOMPOSES and rots away. What does DECOMPOSE mean?

• to grow bigger

• to break down

• to survive

• to study closely

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When a fossil forms, which event happens LAST?

• the soft parts rot away and the hard parts remain

• minerals replace the hard parts and turn them into rock

• heavy layers of sediment begin to pile on, creating presure

• a living thing dies and gets buried under sediment