Fossils

True or False:

Fossils are formed when an organism dies and is quickly buried by sediment.

• True

• False

What is a fossil?

• an animal

• a plant

• the remains of plants and animals that lived long ago

• a rock

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What is a paleontologist?

• someone who studies fossils

• someone who studies animals

• someone who studies dinosaurs

• someone who studies rocks

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What does it mean to preserve something?

• to throw something away

• to find something

• to keep something in its original state

What is an imprint?

• a type of dinosaur

• a type of rock

• a type of trace fossil

How long does it take for a fossil to form?

• 8 days

• 15 years

• 20 minutes

• millions of years

Which of the following is NOT something you could learn from fossils?

• the size of the animal

• the color of the animal

• what the animal ate

• where the animal lived

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How are trace fossils different from other fossils?

• they are made by an organism or left behind by an organism

• they are preserved remains of an organism

• they contain bones

How many different types of fossils are there?

• 100

• 2

• 20

What type of rock are fossils usually found in?

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

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