fossils

What can we learn about by looking at fossils? (Choose 2)

• They're really cool.

• They are evidence of ancient environments.

• They can show how sea level rise could happen.

• We can't learn anything by studying fossils.

Entire organisms have been found preserved in...

(Be sure to choose ALL of the correct answers).

• amber (hardened tree sap)

• Ice

• Mud

• Rocks

True or False? An amber fossil is considered a body fossil.

• True

• False

Which of the following is an example of a body fossil?

• a perfect mold of a dinosaur bone

• a carbon print left by leaf

• the skull of a mammoth that fell in a tar pit

• a dinosaur foot print

The two main categories of fossils are ___ and ____.

• Body and Trace

• Amber and Mold

• Cast and Mold

• Amber and Body

Which animal part would most likely form a fossil?

• Muscle 
• Fur
• Lung
• Bone 

Which is NOT a way an organism could become a fossil?

• It can be frozen in ice.

• It can be quickly buried in sediment after death.

• It can be trapped in the resin of a tree.

• It can be left out in the sun to decompose.

Livings things today are not related to plants and animals of the past

• True

• False

This picture shows layers of the earth and the fossils found in each. The youngest fossils would be found in-

• top layers of rock

• the middle rock layers

• the bottom layers of rock

• every layer

What type of fossils is shown in the picture?

• Cast Fossil

• Mold Fossil

• Body Fossil

• Trace Fossil