Fossil Quiz

Where were fossils buried when the plant or creature died?

• The local graveyard

• sand and mud, under ancient seas, lakes and rivers

• sand, water, sediments, lakes, and rivers

• Rogue Credit Union

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How many types of fossils are there?

• 60 minutes

• 6

• sixty

• sixteen

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Ready to time travel? Guess how long it takes for something to become a fossil!

• 10,000 moons

• less than 10,000 years

• exactly 10,000 years

• more than 10,000 years

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What are the 6 types of fossils?

• cast, mold, petrified, preserved remains, tracing, carbon

• casting, moldy, petrified, preserved remains, trace fossil, carbon dioxide

• cast, mold, petrified, preserved remains, trace, carbon film

• cast, mold, petrified remains, preservation, trace, carbon film

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How do paleontologists use trace fossils to learn about past creatures?

• They use the creature's footprint to determine the size and stride of an animal.

• They use the creature's footprint to determine the size and weight an animal.

• They use the creature's footprint to determine the size and stride of an amazon.

• They use the creature's foot to determine the size and stride of a tree.

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Give 5 examples of organisms amber (tree sap) has kept preserved.​

• mosquito, hummingbird, pokemon, feathers, and eggs
• ant, Mickey Mouse, feathers, bird, and cat
• hatchlings of birds, eggshells, tree frogs, pencil
• hatchlings, frogs, insects, snakes, feathered tail
• feathered Tails, Sonic, and Eggman

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What is a master penman?

• a master of the fine art of writing and ability to express thoughts and ideas through written word

• a master of reading

• a master of writing novels

• a master of none

What is a cast?

• a fossil formed when an organism dies, its flesh decays and bones deliberate while miners enter the underground

• a fossil formed when an organism dies, its flesh hoorays and bones deteriorate, and minerals enter the tooth cavity of the organism

• a fossil formed when an organism dies, its flesh decays and bones deteriorate, and minerals enter the cavity of the organism

• a fossil formed when an organism lives, its flesh decays and bones deteriorate, and minerals enter the cavity of the organism

What is a mold fossil?

• when an organism dies leaving an imprint of its form

• when an organism dies leaving an imprint of its formula

• when an organ dies

• when an Oregonian dies leaving an imprint of its face

Why does organic matter turn to rock during the petrification process?

• silica in the dihydrogen oxide

• silica in the water

• silica in the H20

• silica in the agua

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