What is a fossil?
Bones or remains from an animal or plant from long ago
The average fossil weighs 200 - 400 pounds
False, it is around 500-700 pounds
This about when dinosaurs died out.
What is 65 million years ago?
How far down was the deepest fossil ever found
2256 meters below seabed
What do fossils represent?
That all species are related to one another.
Who studies fossils?
Who studies fossils?
Fossils are used for fuel
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
How old is the largest fossil found
160 to 100 million years ago
How old is the oldest fossil ever discovered?
Around 3.5 billion years old.
People use this to find out how old fossils are
What is carbon dating?
Fossils can provide proof of climate change on Earth.
True
What dinosaur fossil is this?
Allosaurus
How old is the smallest fossil ever found
99 million years old
The oldest discovered fossils is of this organism
What is cyanobacteria?
These rocks are where fossils are most likely formed
What are sedimentary rocks?
Plants fossils don't exist.
false
Dinosaur bones are this type of fossil.
What are petrified or replacement fossils?
How small is the smallest fossil, Oculudentavis khaungraae?(Previously thought to be a dinosaur, scientists now think it is a lizard)
7.5–13 cm (3–5 in) in length
These are reasons why studying fossils is important.
What are ways to know about the past, see how the earth has changed, and learn about earth's history?
Fossil teeth can tell you what
The size of the animal and what it ate.
Dinosaurs are the most common fossils found.
What is true?
These are things that dinosaurs of the past and reptiles of today have in common.
What are the same rib structure, four legs, scaly skin, and hatch from eggs?
How big is Maximo, the world's largest dinosaur fossil?
122 feet across and stands 38 feet tall at the head.
What can a fossil on top of a mountain tell you?
It used to be underwater.