Chapter 5 - Lesson 1

_________ are remains, or marks, of living things that lived a long time ago.

• Ecosystems

• Fossils

• Environments

• Organisms

What would you understand if you find a fossil of a fish on dry land?

• Fish can live on dry land.

• This area was covered with water in the past.

• people did not eat fish in the past.

• None of them

When an animal dies, soft parts ___________

• Decay or get eaten by animals

• Turn into rocks

• turn into fossils

• none of them

The deeper the fossil, the ________ it is.

• younger

• older

• larger

• smaller

_________ include footprints and tracks of living things.

• Trace fossils

• parts of the body fossils

• Preserved fossils

• Cast fossils

______ include teeth, bones, and shells.

• Trace fossils

• Parts of the body fossils

• Preserved fossils

• Mold fossils

_________ forms when an organism's entire body is preserved in the fossil record.

• A preserved body part fossil

• A trace fossil

• A part of the body fossil

• A cast fossil

Which of the following is an example of a preserved body part fossil?

• An insect in amber

• A giraffe tooth

• A clamshell

• A dinosaur footprint

Which of the following is an example of a trace fossil?

• An insect in amber

• A giraffe tooth

• A mammoth preserved in ice

• A dinosaur footprint

Which of the following is an example of a part of the body fossil?

• An insect in amber

• A giraffe tooth

• A mammoth preserved in ice

• A dinosaur footprint