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Fossils

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a fossil?

a)

Rock with a picture on it.

b)

Preserved remains of an animal.

c)

Animals in a cage.

2.

What does preserved mean?

a)

An animal.

b)

Burying something into the ground.

c)

To keep or save something from being ruined or losing it.

3.

How do we find fossils?

a)

Digging into Earth

b)

Cooking them

c)

Buying them at the store.

4.

What is a Paleontologist?

a)

Someone who likes animals.

b)

Studies the fossils that are discovered while digging.

c)

Likes to study trees.

5.

What does the word prehistoric mean?

a)

Something that occurred a long time ago.

b)

Something that is happening right now.

c)

History textbook

6.

When an animal is extinct what does that mean?

a)

Still alive

b)

There are only a few of that animal left.

c)

The animal is completely gone from Earth.

7.

Can plants be fossils?

a)

True

b)

False

8.

What is one new thing you learned about fossils today?

4 lines
9.

Why do we preserve animals to make fossils?

a)

To understand how these animals used to live.

b)

To do show and tell with the fossil.

c)

So we can keep the animal as a pet.