Science-Fossils

An animal has sharp, pointy teeth, what can we infer about this animal?

• The animal lived in the water

• The animal lived near the beach.

• The animal is a carnivore.

• The animal only ate plants.

What needs to happen FIRST for a fossil to form?

• A plant or animal must be covered by sediment.

• A plant or animal must die and decompose.

• Sediments fill a a mold to form a cast.

• An earthquake shifts the land up.

What can we infer about animals with flat teeth?

• They ate other animals.

• They ate only plants.

• They ate nothing.

• They only ate fish.

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What is the definition of a trait?

• a description of how something works or why something happens

• a living thing

• Something that can be observed about an organism, such as color or size

• to stay alive

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What do omnivores eat?

• Plants

• Animals

• Both Plants and Animals

What do herbivores eat?

• Plants

• Animals

• Both Plants and Animals

What do carnivores eat?

• Plants

• Meat

• Both Plants and Meat

The word dinosaur means “terrible ________________” but, in fact, they weren’t really lizards.

• T-Rex

• lizard

• birds

Dinosaur bones and footprints that turned into stone are called ________________.

• museums

• lizard

• fossils

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True or false?

Scientists think that dinosaurs look like reptiles because they both have extra holes in their skulls.

• True

• False

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