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- 1. Multiple Choice
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. - 2. Multiple Choice_____ is any living thing, plant or animal, even you!A paleontologistAn organismA fossilA rock
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which rock layer in the diagram is the oldest?
F
E
B
A
- 4. Multiple Choice
A fossilized dinosaur footprint is a __________.
cast
amber
trace fossil
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat word do we use to describe a species which has no members still living?endangeredextinct
- 6. Multiple Choicean organism no longer found on Earthextinctamberfossildecay
- 7. Multiple Choicethe remains or traces of an organism that lived long agoextinctamberfossildecay
- 8. Multiple Choicea living plant or animalextinctorganismfossildecay
- 9. Multiple Choicethe hard parts of an organism usually found as a fossilteeth, bone, shellshair, nailsamber, decayskin, organs
- 10. Multiple Choice
what is fossils ?
the remains of died organisms
a party
all organisms
the forest
- 11. Multiple Choice
which photo is a fossils
- 12. Multiple Choice
Why is it important for paleontologist to study fossils?
to learn more about the future
to learn more about the present
to learn more about dinosaurs
to learn more about the past
- 13. Multiple ChoicePeople who study fossils are called ____.meterologistsfossilologistspaleontologists
- 14. Multiple Choicethis material does an excellent job of preserving insect remainscastambermoldcarbon film
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat MOST LIKELY made this fossil?plantanimal
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat MOST LIKELY made this fossil?plantanimal
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