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What is a scientist that studies fossils?
Paleontologist
List 3 examples of body fossils?
Bone
Teeth
Eggs
True or False?
A fern plant is a type of fossil?
True
The oldest layer of a rock formation is located where?
The bottom
The remains or traces of an organism that lived in water long ago
Aquatic Fossil
How can a scientist tell whether an animal lives on land or water?
They would look for characteristics such as:
paddle like feet
fins
jointed legs
What happens when an insect gets stuck in tree sap?
It turns into a fossil
Fern plants would grow in really cold and dry areas?
False-
They would grow in warm and moist areas
Name something that has changed the landforms or rock formations?
weathering
(storms, earthquakes)
Describe the kind of thing that is no longer found on earth
extinct
True or False:
Fossils are always found at the top layer of a rock formation
False
Because of the extremely cold climate, Some organisms are preserved in_________
Ice
The Irish elk fossil can be compared to the animal known as a moose today?
True
Animals would get stuck in sap and end up dying. What do we call dried up sap?
Amber
The remains or traces of an organism that lived long ago
Fossil
____________ of the Earth has changed over many millions of years.
This has also changed land in water and bodies of water into land
What extinct animal is a relative of the elephant?
Wooly Mammoth
The mosasaurs still exist today?
False
What is a polyp?
A forma of coral that date back to 500 million yeats ago
The remains or traces of an organism that lived on land long ago
Terrestrial Fossil
Why was a fern fossil found in a cold region?
How can a whale fossil be found on top of a mountain?
Landforms have changed and what used to be a body of water is dry land now.
The mosasaurs was an animal that lived only on land?
False-
They had limbs that looked like paddles
An animal that lived in coil shells and moved by squirting jets from their body?
Ammonites
The age of one thing compared to another
Relative age