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Vocabulary
100

What is a scientist that studies fossils?

Paleontologist

100

List 3 examples of body fossils?

Bone

Teeth

Eggs

100

True or False?

A fern plant is a type of fossil?

True

100

The oldest layer of a rock formation is located where?

The bottom

100

The remains or traces of an organism that lived in water long ago

Aquatic Fossil

200

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

200

What happens when an insect gets stuck in tree sap?

It turns into a fossil

200

Fern plants would grow in really cold and dry areas?

False-

They would grow in warm and moist areas

200

Name something that has changed the landforms or rock formations?

weathering

(storms, earthquakes)

200

Describe the kind of thing that is no longer found on earth

extinct

300

True or False:

Fossils are always found at the top layer of a rock formation

False

300

Because of the extremely cold climate, Some organisms are preserved in_________

Ice

300

The Irish elk fossil can be compared to the animal known as a moose today?

True

300

Animals would get stuck in sap and end up dying. What do we call dried up sap?

Amber

300

The remains or traces of an organism that lived long ago

Fossil

400

____________ of the Earth has changed over many millions of years. 

This has also changed land in water and bodies of water into land

Climate
400

What extinct animal is a relative of the elephant?

Wooly Mammoth

400

The mosasaurs still exist today?

False

400

What is a polyp? 

A forma of coral that date back to 500 million yeats ago

400

The remains or traces of an organism that lived on land long ago

Terrestrial Fossil

500

Why was a fern fossil found in a cold region?

Ferns live in warm and moist environments so the climate must of changed over time.
500

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. 

500

The mosasaurs was an animal that lived only on land?

False-

They had limbs that looked like paddles

500

An animal that lived in coil shells and moved by squirting jets from their body?

Ammonites

500

The age of one thing compared to another

Relative age