15 questions
What is archaeology?
The study of archs
The study of fossils
THe study of artifacts, remains and ruins
What is a fossil?
THe remains of a non-living thing
A historical artifact made by a human
The remains of a living thing.
A scientist who studies archaeology is called what?
paleontologist
Archaeologist
Chemist
Teacherologist
What is a primary source?
A first hand account of a topic
A second-hand account of a topic
an answer to a question
an opinion about primates
When you excavate something you.......?
Bury it
break it
dig it up
burn it
True or False:
Archaeologist's use are brushes, buckets, scraping tools, magnify glass, rope, pencils, notebook, maps, flags and may other items to help them organize their findings.
True
False
True or False:
Artifacts are often found in Midden
True
False
What is an artifact?
A living thing
The remains of a living thing
A historical object made by humans
What is the job of an Archaeologist?
to study past cultures, by analyzing artifacts, remains and ruins
To study scientific and historical fossils from dinosaurs
To find cool stuff underground
To study the relationship between geography and fossils
An ancient garbage heap
midden
find
site
artifact
Fossil or artifact?
Fossil
Artifcat
To recognize or notice something
infer
record
observe
A conclusion based on an observation
Observation
Theory
Inference
These statues, located on Easter Island/ Rapi Nui are called Moai. What are they?
Artifacts
Ruins
Fossils
Midden