Fossils

Which of the following is NOT something you could learn from a fossil?

• The size of the animal

• What the animal ate

• The color of the animal

• Where the animal lived

In which kind of rock do we usually find a fossil?

• sedimentary  rock

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

In order for a fossil to form, which of the following events must happen FIRST?

• Slowly, minerals in the water replace the bone.

• Sediment covers the bone.

• An animal dies.

• The bone is no longer a bone, but a rock copy.

Which statement BEST describes how the fossil bones of a dinosaur are formed?

• The dinosaur became trapped in amber.

• The dinosaur was covered in sediment.

• The dinosaur was frozen in ice.

• The dinosaur stepped in wet mud.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What most likely made this fossil?

• Plant

• Animal

• Footprint

• Bone

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

You just learned that there are several different kinds of fossils. Identify each of these as either a trace fossil, a whole body fossil, or a fossil of only one part of an animal or plant.

a

b

c

trace fossil

only one part

Whole body fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

This is an example of a

• cast fossil

• mold fossil

• trace fossil

• carbon film

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

People who study fossils are called ____.

• meterologists

• fossilologists

• paleontologists

• fossil hunters

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which rock layer in the diagram is the oldest?

• F

• E

• B

• A

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

How many types of fossils are there? ____________

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5