Fossilization Quiz from Nat Geo youtube video

What are the two major categories of fossils?

• Body fossils and rock fossils

• Rock fossils and mineral fossils

• Body fossils and trace fossils

• Trace fossils and mineral fossils

What is the process called when an organism is covered in tree sap and preserved in amber?

• Mummification

• Amberization

• Carbonization

• Permineralization

What type of fossilization method transforms soft tissues into thin black films of carbon?

• Freezing

• Mummification

• Carbonization

• Tar pit preservation

What is the name of the fossilization method where minerals from water or the ground enter the pores of dead plant or animal material?

• Mummification

• Permineralization

• Carbonization

• Freezing

What type of fossilization method creates a biologically inert tomb for the organism, allowing its soft tissues to be remarkably preserved?

• Tar pit preservation

• Mummification

• Freezing

• Amberization

What crucial information can permineralized wood often contain?

• Genetic material

• Tree genus and species

• Footprints

• Carbon films

What has been so well preserved in amber that their genetic material was extracted and partially sequenced?

• Fish

• Dinosaurs

• Plants

• Insects

What do footprints left behind by ancient hominids help paint a picture of?

• Dinosaurs

• Modern humans

• Insects

• Early human ancestors

What does fossilization help shape our understanding of?

• The future

• The present

• The past

• The universe

What does the fossil record tell the story of?

• Life on Mars

• Life on Earth through stone

• Life in the ocean

• Life in the future