Animals through time

What is the definition of a fossil?

• A living creature

• The remains or traces of prehistoric life

• Lunch choice number 1

• A robot

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What do you call a scientist who studies fossils?

• A zoologist

• A Fossilogist

• A paleontologist

• An Ecologist

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What can we learn about an animal from its teeth?

• What size that they were when alive

• If they went to school or not

• What time of day they slept

• If they drove a car

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What might fossilized poop tell us about an animal’s activity?

• If they had wings or scales

• What job they had

• If they were a good friend

• What their diet was. Food they ate.

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True or false: all fossils come from dinosaurs.

• True

• False

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True or false: all fossils come from animals that are extinct.

• True

• False

What does it mean if a plant or animal is extinct?

• They are still alive today

• They are no longer living on Earth

• They had a bowl of cereal for breakfast

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Which of the following animals lived 40,000 years ago and still lives today?

• giant sloth

• mountain lion

• mammoth

• saber-toothed tiger

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