HMH Unit 6 Fossils Review

Pick 2 that describe a fossil.

• muddy paw prints across a tile floor

• a fish skeleton floating in the lake

• a butterfly enclosed in amber

• empty crab shells on a rocky beach

• dinosaur footprints and petrified eggs

Fossils come in all shapes and sizes. But no matter the shape or size, they all came from __________________________.

• extinct

• plants only

• living organisms

• animals only

Fossils provide evidence of _______ organisms that no longer live on Earth.

• very young

• plants only

• very old

• extinct

Which of theses would give a scientist the best evidence about the size of a once living organism? (There is more than 1 answer)

• fossilized footprints

• a petrified tree stump

• a frog trapped in amber

• a fish bone

Fossil?

Yes or No

• Yes

• No

What kind of dinosaur is this?

• Brachiosaurus

• Triceratops

• T-Rex

What type of fossil is this?

• Imprint

• Petrified

ALL of the organisms that lived millions of years ago are extinct.

• True

• False

What are paleontologists?

• a person who digs up the bones

• a person who studies fossils

What period had the largest dinosaurs?

• Jurassic

• Triassic