Fossils

A ______________________ is a scientist who studies fossils.

• biologist

• chemist

• paleontologist

• astronomer

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Which of these describes a fossil?

• a desert that used to have a body of water in it

• a species that no longer lives anywhere on Earth

• a scientist who studies the history of life on Earth

• an ancient organism or its trace that has been preserved

What needs to happen FIRST for a fossil to form?

• A plant or animal must be covered by sediment.

• A plant or animal must die and decompose.

• Sediments fill a a mold to form a cast.

• An earthquake shifts the land up.

Most fossils form when living things die and are buried by _______________ that hardens into rock over time.

• sediment

• people

• cement

• ants

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Scientist study the ____________________ to learn about the history of life, past environments on Earth, and how different groups of organisms have changed over time.

• fossil record

• animal record

• historical record

• Earth record

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Which animal part would most likely form a fossil?

• Muscle 
• Fur
• Lung
• Bone 

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Most things that ever lived are now extinct.

• true

• false

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An impression of ancient plant leaves pressed into the ground is an example of a ____________.

• cast

• mold

• permineralized fossil

• all of the above

Which of these is an example of a body fossil?

• a mold of a dinosaur bone

• a carbon print left by a leaf

• the skull of a mammoth

• a dinosaur footprint

Which of these is an example of a trace fossil?

• a skeleton preserved in a tar pit

• a footprint of an extinct animal

• a mummy buried in ice

• an insect preserved in amber