Fossils Review

1. Which organism can you infer most likely made this fossil?

• a plant
• an animal
• a dinosaur
• a footprint

2. Which organism can you infer most likely made this fossil?

• a plant
• an animal
• a dinosaur
• a footprint

3. Which organism can you infer most likely made this fossil?

• a plant
• an animal
• a dinosaur
• a footprint

4. A scientist who studies fossils is a _____.

• Doctor
• Chemist
• Geologist
• Paleontologist

5. Which of the following can scientists conclude from a fossil of a dinosaur bone?

• how large the dinosaur was
• how many babies the dinosaur had
• how good the dinosaur's eyesight was
• what the dinosaur ate just before it died

6. A paleontologist finds a fossil of a fish on top of a mountain. She can infer that the area was once _____.

• a desert
• below water
• much colder
• much warmer

7. A paleontologist might find fossils of _____.

• Teeth
• Skin
• Hair
• Fur

8. It takes _____ for fossils to form.

• Days
• Weeks
• Months
• Years

9. A fossil can best be described as _____.

• something alive that lived long ago
• the preserved remains of plants that lived long ago
• the preserved remains of animals that lived long ago
• the preserved remains of a plant or animal that lived long ago

10. The remains of animals that lived millions of years ago are called

• rocks
• fossils
• minerals
• shale