Fossils Review

What is Step 1 of forming a fossil?

• Animal or plant dies

• Body is Buried under sediment

• Skin, Organs and Hair Decay

• Buried Even Deeper under sediment

• Fossil is Found

Which organism can you infer most likely made this fossil?

• Plant

• Animal

• Dinosaur

• Footprint

Which of the following can scientists conclude from a fossil of a dinosaur bone?

• How large the dinosaur was

• How many babies the dinosaur had

• How good the dinosaur’s eyesight was

• What the dinosaur ate just before it died

What is Step 2 of forming a fossil?

• Animal or plant dies

• Body is Buried under sediment

• Skin, Organs and Hair Decay

• Buried Even Deeper under sediment

• Fossil is Found

A paleontologist finds a fossil of a fish on top of a mountain.  She can infer that the area was once….

• desert

• underwater

• much colder

• much warmer

Ben read in the newspaper that scientists found a crocodile fossil that is much bigger than crocodiles living today.  Based on your knowledge of fossils, which statement is most likely true?

• Crocodiles lived longer in the past.

• Smaller crocodiles cannot become fossils. 

• Crocodiles were once larger than they are today.

• Crocodile bones get bigger when they turn into fossils.

A scientist who studies fossils is a

• chemist

• doctor

• geologist

• paleontologist

A paleontologist might find fossils of...

• Bones

• Fur

• Hair

• Skin

• Teeth

It takes _______ for fossils to form.

• Days

• Weeks

• Months

• Years

A fossil can best be described as _________.

• Something Alive

• The preserved remains of plants ONLY.

• The preserved remains of animals ONLY.

• The preserved remains or impressions of a plant or animal that lived long ago.