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Which animal part would MOST LIKELY form a fossil?

• fur
• lung
• bone
• muscle

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Which of the following is NOT something you could learn from a fossil?

• The size of the animal
• What the animal ate
• The color of the animal
• Where the animal lived

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Lily sees a skeleton of a dinosaur at a museum. What is true about the bones that make up the skeleton?

• The bones are made up of minerals.
• The bones are those of the dinosaur itself.
• The bones were formed from mud that hardened.
• The bones are made up of amber.

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Fossils are often found in ____________ because it is formed from the remains of once living things.

• metamorphic
• magma
• igneous
• sedimentary

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Fossils can provide evidence of how life has changed over time, how Earth's surface has changed, and clues about what past environments were like.

• True
• False

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Where are most fossils found?

• A. In sand dunes
• B. In volcanoes
• C. In igneous rocks 
• D. In sedimentary rocks 

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Most fossils are found in this type of rock.

• Igneous
• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic

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The body parts of this fossil tell you that this animal _________.

• Flew

• Hopped

• Swam

• Crawled

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If scientists found this fossil, what could they infer?

• what fish are like today
• that this fish lacked oxygen
• what kind of animal ate this fish
• that water once covered the area

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This diagram represents the layers of the earth and fossils found in each layer. Based on the drawing, which imprint is the oldest?

• Freshwater clam shells

• Fish bones

• Fern imprints

• Leaf imprints

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