4th Grade Fossils Review

Where can the oldest layer be found?

• The top layer
• The middle layer
• They are all the same age
• The bottom layer

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What do you call a scientist that studies fossils?

• Ecologist

• Paleontologist

• Zoologist

• Fossilologist

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True or False. All fossils come from dinosaurs.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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A family was hiking on a mountain and found several fossils, including a shark tooth and a clam shell.  How has the area changed?

• It used to warmer.
• It used to be colder.
• It used to be an ocean.
• It used to be a desert.

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When something is _____________________ it no longer

exists.

• extinct

• preserved

• endangered

• rotting

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Which animal part would MOST LIKELY form a fossil?

• fur
• lung
• bone
• muscle

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How long does it take for a fossil to form?

• Less than a year

• A few years.

• A few hundred years

• Thousands to millions of years.

What does petrified mean?

• turned to stone

• turned to fire

• decompose

• turned to ashes

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The preserved remains of a plant or animal that lived long ago are called ____________.

• soil

• fossils

• rocks

• humus

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Fossils help us learn about....

• What animals were like long ago

• How the earth's surface has changed

• what the environment was like

• All of these

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