Fossils

What is a fossil?

• Something that is at least several thousand years old

• Evidence of ancient life

• Both a and b

• Neither a nor b

What is a paleontologist?

• A type of dinosaur

• A scientist who studies prehistoric life

• A scientist who studies plants

• A type of plant fossil

What kind of things can become fossils?

• Animal tracks

• Impressions of plants in a rock

• Ancient burrows and dens

• All of the above

By studying dinosaur fossils, scientists can figure out the

• color of dinasaurs

• size and shape of dinosaurs

• All of the above

When an insect gets stuck inside of resin that hardens into amber, it becomes a

• whole body fossil

• trace fossil

• mold fossil

• resin fossil

What kind of fossil is it? Use evidence from the picture

• mold fossil

• resin fossil

• trace fossil

• whole body fossil

What kind of fossil is it? Use evidence from the picture.

• mold fossil

• resin fossil

• trace fossil

• whole body fossil

What kind of fossil is it? Use evidence from the picture.

• mold fossil

• resin fossil

• trace fossil

• whole body fossil

Which part of an organism is most likely to become a fossil?

• fur

• skin

• leaf

• tooth

An extinct animal is a species that....

• is no longer living on earth

• is in danger of dying out completely

• is in danger of getting eaten

• leaves behind a fossil