Unit 6 Fossils

Which of the following are ways that fossils are formed?

(Select all that apply.)

• organism frozen in ice

• organism covered in

  hot lava

• organism trapped in amber

• organism buried in mud

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People who study fossils are called ____.

• meterologists
• fossilologists
• paleontologists
• fossil hunters

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Fossils give us evidence about which of the following?

• plants and animals that lived long ago
• how weathering and erosion break down rocks
• the other planets in our solar system
• the transfer of energy from one form  to another

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Fossils of fish are found under land where cows now live. What does this tell you?

• the fish were dropped their by flying birds
• this land was once under the ocean
• farmers fed the fish to the cows
• fish used to live on land

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What most likely made this fossil?

• Plant

• Animal

• Footprint

• Bone

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What most likely made this fossil?

• Plant

• Animal

• Footprint

• Bone

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A fossil of a fish is found on top of a

mountain. You can argue that the area

was once

• underwater

• a desert

• much colder

• much warmer

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Which is a fossil?

• bone from a chicken dinner

• a live plant

• the preserved remains of a plant or animal that lived long ago

• a piece of pottery

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When something is _____________________ it no longer

exists.

• extinct

• preserved

• endangered

• rotting

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An animal has sharp, pointy teeth, what can we infer about this animal?

• The animal lived in the water

• The animal lived near the beach.

• The animal is a carnivore.

• The animal only ate plants.