Fossils

Paleontologist learned about dinosaurs by studying fossils.

• True

• False

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All fossils form in amber.

• True

• False

A cast fossil is hardened rock, while a mold fossil is hollow.

• True

• False

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

• It probably drank water

• It probably only ate plants

• It was prey for other animals

• It probably ate other animals

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A mold fossil forms when mud or sediment builds up around a deceased organism.

• True

• False

Fossils usually form in what type of rock?

• Fossils do not form in rock

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

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A mold fossil forms when mud or sediment builds up around a deceased organism.

• True

• False

When Scientists found a fish fossil in the dessert, they knew that long ago that piece of land was a __.

• hill

• desert

• mountain

• body of water

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Scientist analyze fossils to learn about organisms of the past.

• True

• False

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A woolly mammoth was found preserved in mud. It is a distant relative of the kangaroo.

• True

• False

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