Earth's Materials

_______________is a scientist who studies fossils.

• Geologist

• Fossilologist

• Pediatrician

• Paleontologist

The picture shows a fossil of a leaf. What can be learned from the fossil?

• The size of the leaf

• The color of the leaf

• Which animals ate the leaf

• How fast the animal grew

Which would be the best way to make a model of a fossil? (Cast Fossil)

• Make a handprint and fill it with Clay (Plaster of Paris)

• Press your hand into mud or snow and take a picture of it

• Make a handprint and fill it with water

• Trace your hand with chalk on the road

A Dinosaur Footprint - - - - Which type of fossil is this?

• Cast Fossil

• Trace Fossil

• Fossil Fuel

• Mould Fossil

When something is _____________________ it no longer

exists.

• extinct

• preserved

• endangered

• rotting

Which rock type would be best to find fossils?

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

An organism should be buried quickly after it dies if it has a chance of becoming a fossil

• True

• False

Which is a natural resource?

• glass

• paper

• plants

• leather

This type of resource can easily be replaced.

• renewable

• nonrenewable

This is formed when dead plants and animals experience heat and pressure over millions of years.

• renewable

• nonrenewable