Topic 7 Fossils Test

remains of living things or traces of living things that lived very long ago

• fossils
• extinct
• evidence

information that supports something is true

• fossils
• extinct
• evidence

no longer live on Earth

• fossils
• extinct
• evidence

Scientists have found fossils that are billions of years old!

• True
• False

Fossils also form when living things become trapped in _____.

• ice
• trees

• metal

• lava

Death Valley National Park in _______ has a canyon that has one of the largest and best-preserved groups of animal fossils.

• Oregan
• Arizona
• California
• Indiana

Scientists use GPS satellites and specialized cameras to study the fossils they cannot see in person.

• True
• False

Scientists cannot put together information for many fossils to figure out what an area was like when fossils formed.

• True
• False

One clue about the _____ of a fossil is the rock in which it is found.

• age
• kind

• size

• color

Rocks with fossils formed in layers over a short time.

• True
• False