Vocabulary
This is the remains of an ancient organism.
What is a fossil?
This fossil is a solid copy of the shape of the organism or organism part.
What is a cast fossil?
Mike and his Dad went fossil hunting on a mountain. They found these fossils:
1. Shark Tooth
2. Snail Shell
3. Clam Shell
Based on these fossils, how has the area changed?
A. It used to be warmer
B. It used to be colder
C. It used to be in an ocean
C. It used to be in an ocean.
What is the correct sequence of fossil formation?
A. The sand and soil hardens
B. A living thing dies
C. Bone becomes rock
D. The non-living thing begins to decay or rot
E. Dirt covers the non-living
B
E
D
A
C
Any living thing.
What is an organism?
These are examples of trace fossils.
What are plants, leaves, feathers, footprints, and fish.
All of the following can become a fossil except..
A. Bones
B. Shells
C. Teeth
D. Rocks
D. Rocks
How can finding fossils tell us about the past environment of a specific area?
The fossils can tell us what type of animals used to live there which gives us the information we need to know whether they lived on land or in water.
When something no longer exsists.
What is extinction?
This kind of fossil is a hollow area in sediment in the shape of the organism.
What are mold fossils?
Which of these best describes a fossil?
A. A geometric pattern formed by a mineral.
B. A solid element or compound from Earth's crust.
C. Remains of an extinct organism found in a rock layer.
D. Bits of weathered rocks and pieces of dead organisms.
C. Remains of an extinct organism found in a rock layer.
What organisms fossil is considered to be the largest found?
What is a dinosaur?
A person who studies fossils.
What is a palentologist?
These are ways to preserve a whole organism as a fossil.
What are amber, ice or tar?
Which can a scientist learn from studying a plant fossil?
A. How long ago the plant lived
B. How the plant became extinct.
C. How many plants lived in the area
D. How many animals lived near the plant.
A. How long ago the plant lived.
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What are the 4 types of fossils and their definitions?
What is cast, mold, trace and amber?
The kind of rock that fossils are found in.
What is sedimentary rock?
This is why the soft parts of a shark's body are not preserved as a fossil.
What is rotting or decay?
The fossils of extinct sea animals called, trilobites are found in Ohio. This means Ohio was once covered by..
A. Grass
B. Water
C. Forests
D. Mountains
B. Water
These are possible reasons that dinosaurs became extinct.
What is: 1.giant asteroid hit earth which changed the climate 2.many huge volcanoes erupted creating a cloud of smoke dust and ash which blocked the sunlight 3.may have starved or died because other smaller mammals ate the same food as dinosaurs ate 4.more small mammals than dinosaurs, they may have eaten their eggs ?