Fossils Review

What is considered evicence of the past? (They can be plants or animals)

• impressions

• molds

• fossils

• footprints

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Someone who studies fossils is called a ___________________.

• doctor

• paleontologist

• biologist

• meteorologist

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What type of fossil is this?

• trace

• cast

• true form

• mold

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A ______ fossil shows a trace of an organism, like an egg, nest, or footprint.

• trace

• mold

• true form

• cast

A mold fossil is an __________ of an organism.

• impression

• environment

• area

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A cast fossil is made from a _______ fossil that has been filled in. (they use plaster)

• true form

• trace

• mold

When an organism completely dies out it is considered ______.

• endangered

• thriving

• extinct

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An example of an extinct species is a Woolly Mammoth. What animal roams the Earth now that is considered a relative of the Woolly Mammoth?

• dodo bird

• giraffe

• zebra

• elephant

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If you found a piece of petrified wood in the desert, what can you assume was once in that desert location?

• a forest

• an icy tundra

• a mountain

• a desert

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When digging in your backyard you find an old rock that contained a fish fossil, what might you think about that area of land?

• It was once a desert.

• It was once an icy tundra.

• It was once covered by water like an ocean or lake.

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