Fossils

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What are the remains or evidence of an organism that has been preserved called?

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fossil

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Example of a fossil found in sedimentary rock:

a beetle in amber

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a whoolly mammoth foot

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a T-Rex footprint

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a deer leg bone

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a deer leg bone

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What does a paleontologist study?

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past life

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Fossils are most often preserved in what? Options: ice, amber, asphalt, rock

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rock

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Which of the following is a trace fossil?

• parallel tracks of footprints
• a shell of a clam in rock
• a leg bone of a raccoon in rock
• an opening in rock where a fern was buried

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parallel tracks of footprints

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Is the fossil record complete because paleontologists have found every fossil from the last 50 million years?

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False

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What animal that lives today is a relative of the dinosaurs, like Sue? Options: humans, birds, beetles, koala bears

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birds

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If Sue, the T-Rex, were alive today she would be able to see into our classroom window. True or False?

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True

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Why is the fossil record incomplete?

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Most organisms never became fossils.

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Petrifaction

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the process of an organism's tissue being replaced by minerals