Fossils and Ancient Life Assessment

What is a fossil?

• A living plant

• A toy dinosaur

• remain or marks of animals and plants from past life

• A modern animal

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What can scientists learn from fossils?

• What animals ate

• What color they were

• What they watched on TV

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Where are tropical plant fossils sometimes found?

• In the desert

• In arctic areas

• In the ocean

• In cities

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What does "extinct" mean?

• Very large

• Still living today

• Moving slowly

• No longer exists

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How did dinosaurs have babies?

• They gave birth

• They laid eggs

• They split in half

• They grew from plants

What are the first plants like?

• They had big flowers

• They had no flowers or leaves

• They were very tall

• They were colorful

How long ago did dinosaurs become extinct?

• 100 years ago

• 1,000 years ago

• 1 million years ago

• 65 million years ago

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What did scientists learn about dinosaur eating habits?

• They all ate plants

• They all ate meat

• Some ate plants, some ate meat

• They didn't eat anything

What happens when a tree becomes petrified?

• It turns into soil

• It keeps its shape but becomes rock

• It disappears completely

• It turns into water

What helps scientists know about the climate from long ago?

• Old weather reports

• Plant fossils

• Modern plants

• Ancient books