Nov 4 Quiz

Why are there more animal fossils than plant fossils?

• Animals are smaller than plants.

• Plants have harder bodies than animals.

• Plants have softer bodies than animals.

• Animals eat plants.

The hardened remains of a living thing that died long ago.

• fossil

• extinct

• endangered

• minerals

Which type of rock are most fossils found?

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

• fossils

If a scientist found a fish fossil in the desert, what can they infer?

• An animal ate the fish.

• The water covered the area long ago.

• Today's fish looks the same

• The fish is endangered.

This type of fossil is tree sap hardened and replaced by minerals.

• Petrified wood

• Imprint

• Amber

• Mold

What type of fossil is pictured here?

• Mold fossil

• Trace fossil

• Cast fossil

• Body fossil

What type of fossil is pictured here?

• Forest fossil

• Trace fossil

• Cast fossil

• Body fossil

What type of fossil is pictured here?

• Mold fossil

• Trace fossil

• Cast fossil

• Body fossil

A scientist that studies fossil remains found on the Earth’s surface in order to study primitive life forms such as: plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria

• Chemist

• Geologist

• Paleontologist

• Biologist

This type of fossil forms when:

•Groundwater carries dissolved minerals into the pores and cavities of bone, wood, or shells.

•The original material is preserved rather than replaced.

⋅Bones, teeth, and shells can be preserved this way

• Permineraliztion

• Replacement

• Fossil Resin

• Cast

• Mold