Fossil Quiz Review

An example of a fossil is?

• bone

• tooth

• shell

• all of these

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What is amber?

• hardened, yellow tree sap

• yellow glass

• honey

• a mark in solid rock

A paleontologist is

• any living thing

• remains of something that once lived

• a scientist who studies fossils

• an imprint

What must happen first for a fossil to form?

• rock slowly wears away

• sand and soil turn to rock

• bones are covered in sand and soil

• a living thing dies

When scientists found a fish fossil in the dessert, they knew that long ago that piece of land was ...

• a desert

• body of water

• mountain

• hill

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Fossils usually form in what type of rock?

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• igneous

• none of the above

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What do fossils tell us?

• plants and animals of the past

• how the earth has changed

• both a & b

• fossil fuels

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Which statement is NOT true about fossils?

• fossils can tell about living things from the past

• someone who studies fossils is a paleontologist

• fossils can show what color fur an animal had

• fossils show where animals lived in the past

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There is only one type of fossil

• True

• False

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The deeper a fossil in found in the earth, the older it is.

• True

• False

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