Life Science, Monday Bell Ringer, 2.11.19

People who study fossils are called ____.

• meterologists

• fossilologists

• paleontologists

• fossil hunters

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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

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Which of the following is NOT something you could learn from a fossil?

• The size of the animal

• What the animal ate

• The color of the animal

• Where the animal lived

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In which kind of rock do we usually find a fossil?

• sedimentary  rock

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

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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.

_____ is any living thing, plant or animal, even you!

• A paleontologist

• An organism

• A fossil

• A rock

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Why don't we know what many ancient plants looked like? 

• They had too many soft parts.

• They were all eaten by dinosaurs.

• There weren't ancient plants.

• They had too many hard parts.

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Which statement BEST describes how the fossil bones of a dinosaur are formed?

• The dinosaur became trapped in amber.

• The dinosaur was covered in sediment.

• The dinosaur was frozen in ice.

• The dinosaur stepped in wet mud.

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.

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Lily sees a skeleton of a dinosaur at a museum. What is true about the bones that make up the skeleton?

• The bones are made up of minerals.

• The bones are those of the dinosaur itself.

• The bones were formed from mud that hardened.

• The bones are made up of amber.