Bainpop Fossils

Scientists found groups of fossil footprints. What could this discovery show?

• These animals might have lived in the ocean.
• These animals might have traveled in groups.
• These animals might have lived alone.

Scientists found this fossil shell in a desert. What did this tell them about the Earth’s history?

• This animal used to live in the desert.
• This animal used to have legs.
• Water used to cover what is now a desert.

Which animal is extinct?

• Tigers
• Polar Bears
• Dodo Birds

What is a paleontologist?

• A famous singer
• A scientist who studies fossils.
• A tool used to dig.

What kind of food do you think this animal mostly ate?

• Plants
• Meat
• Insects

Which of the following is NOT an example of a fossil?

• a petrified dinosaur bone
• a footprint captured in mud
• a seashell found on the beach
• an insect stuck in amber

In order for a fossil to form, which of the following events must happen FIRST?

• Slowly, minerals in the water replace the bone.
• Sediment covers the bone.
• An animal dies.
• The bone is no longer a bone, but a rock copy.

What happens when a group of animals become extinct?

• All of its members have died.
• Only a few of its members are still living.
• The animals can no longer lay eggs.
• All of its members move to another place.

Fossils form ....

• quickly
• over a few years
• over a few months
• over thousands of years.

When a living thing dies, it DECOMPOSES and rots away. What does DECOMPOSE mean?

• To grow bigger
• To break down
• To survive