Oak Hill ES Fossils

What can we learn from studying fossils?

• what time period plants and animals lived

• what types of food animals may have eaten

• how animals died

• All of these are correct

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Which scientist is an expert in studying fossils?

• geologist

• paleontologist

• meteorlogist

• geographer

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There have been some animals found completely preserved and fossilized. How were these animals most likely fossilized?

• tar

• mold

• amber

• ice

Most bone fossils are found in _______ rock.

• sedimentary

• sharp

• igneous

• metamorphic

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A _____ is the remains of a plant or animal that has been hardened and preserved.

• paleontologist

• shell

• bone

• fossil

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What can become a fossil?

• plants

• shells

• animals

• All of these

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What is this a fossil of?

• fish

• skeleton

• footprints

• burrow

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Which fossil belongs with the group of fossils below?

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A paleontologist is doing research in a rocky mountain area. She finds a fish fossil. What does the fish fossil tell the paleontologist.

• Long ago this area was under water.

• Long ago this area was a grassland.

• Long ago this area was a desert.

• Long ago this area was an icy area.

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