Fossils

What is a fossil?

• The remains or impressions of prehistoric animals.

• The remains or impressions of prehistoric plants and animals.

• The remains of a rock

• A scientist

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What do you call a scientist that studies fossils?

• Fossilologist

• Sociologist

• Paleontologist

• Studiologist

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What can we learn about a dinosaur by studying its teeth?

• If he brushes his teeth

• If his has any missing teeth

• If he eats a lot of candy

• If he is a meat eater or a plant eater

What are microfossils?

• Large dinosaur bones

• Really small fossils

• Big fossils

• A broken bone

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All fossils come from dinosaurs.

• True

• False

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What does it mean if an animal is extinct?

• They smell really bad

• They are very big

• They are no longer alive on earth

• They love to eat both meat and plants

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Which of the following animals lived 40,000 years ago and are still alive today?

• Mammoths

• Saber-tooth tiger

• Dinosaur

• Mountain Lion

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How do fossils form?

• People make them

• They are just found on the ground

• They are buried under different layers of rock

• They are formed in water.

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What tools are used to to remove fossils from rocks?

• Ax and a hammer

• Big hammer and a brush

• Dental pic, brush

• Spoon, and knife

What is a carnivore?

• Meat and Plant eater

• Plant eater

• Meat eater

• People eater