Fossils

The picture shows a fossil of a leaf. What can be learned from the fossil?

• The size of the leaf

• The color of the leaf

• Which animals ate the leaf

• How fast the animal grew

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Greg puts a shell into some clay and pulls it out. He made something that looks like ______.

• a glacier

• a fossil

• a plant

• coal

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Which would be the best way to make a model of a fossil?

• make a handprint and fill it with clay

• press your hand into snow and take a picture of it

• make a handprint and fill it with water

• trace your hand with chalk on the sidewalk

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Scientist cannot tell an animal's ____________ when studying fossils.

• size

• diet

• color

• weight

What are we NOT able to tell about a dinosaur from a fossil?

• the size of the dinosaur

• how the dinosaur behaved

• what the dinosaur ate

• what species of dinosaur it was

Which animal part would form a fossil?

• fur

• lung

• bone

• muscle

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How can an organism become a fossil?

• it can be left in the hot sun

• it can be covered with sand

• it can be trapped in tree resin

• it can decompose quickly

Why do hard parts of an animal help fossils to form?

• they are easily eaten

• they don't last very long

• the are easily broken

• they are less likely to be eaten or broken

Lisa wants to make a small copy of a fossil to show her science class. What is she making?

• a model

• a drawing

• a diagram

• an organism

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What could a scientist learn by studying this fossil?

• it ate other animals

• it had a deep growl

• it was a green color

• it died from not eating

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