Fossil Quiz

A fossil is ______________

• only dinosaur bones

• only plants

• remains of a plant or animal

• hard rocks that look like a dinosaur

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What are the 4 basic steps for how an animal becomes a fossil?

• The animal dies,

  the bones turn into rocks

  another animal digs up the fossil

• The animal dies, sediment covers the fossil,

  a scientist digs up the fossil,

  the fossil is placed in a museum

• The animal dies and turns into a rock.

• an animal dies

  the animals’ bones get

  buried by sand, dirt, or mud

  minerals seep into the

  bones

  they harden into rocks

  that look just like the bones

What are three ways that an animal can be preserved?

Who studies fossils?

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What can we learn by studying fossils?

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Earth’s crust changes over time. It is NOT possible that a fossil of a fish could be found on a mountainside?

• True

• False

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How long would it take a dinosaur bone to turn into a fossil?

• 1 year

• 10 years

• 5 years`

• Million years

What is one thing a scientist can learn from a fossil?

• What past environments were like

• How many of a certain plant or animal existed

• What color something was

If an organism is preserved in amber or ice, what does the organism still have?

• Skin

• Teeth

• Hair

• All of the above

What fossil is not the actual body of a living thing. It is a clue that is left behind like a footprint?

• Mold

• Trace

• Cast

• True Form