Fossilization Process
When a fossil forms, which event happens first?
An animal or plant dies
Who is the scientist that studies fossils?
paleontologist
What are two things we can learn from fossils about an animal?
When a fossil forms, which event happens last?
Minerals replace the hard parts and turn them into rocks.
How can we know that what is now land used to be covered in water?
We find ocean animal fossils in those places.
If a fossils shows the animal had sharp teeth, what is likely true about the animal?
It was a meat eater.
What is an imprint?
an impression left by a thin object in sand or mud that hardens into rock
What is the best way to study environments of the past?
If a fossil shows an animal with flat teeth, what is most likely true about that animal?
It was a plant eater.
Is an insect still alive that has been trapped in amber?
no
A scientist found a fossil of a land animal in the middle of the ocean floor. What inference can you make from this discovery?
What is something you cannot learn about an animal or plant from a fossil?
it's color
What is a fossil?
preserved remains of plants and animals that lived long ago