What can scientist study to learn the most about animals that are extinct?
A.
Which is the correct answer?
B
Which materials preserve soft parts of an organism
B and D
What does the word extinct mean?
C.
What is a dinosaur?
D
What cannot become a fossil in rock?
Soft body parts
A scientist is studying an extinct bird. Which fossil would help the scientist learn more about the bird?
C.
Which modern day animal does this fossil look like most? Fish, Snail, Salamander, Turtle
Turtle
What type of environment did these animals most likely live?
Aquatic
Which statement is true about fossils?
D.
Which of these happens first when a fossil forms?
A.
What are the remains or traces of an organism that lived long ago called?
Fossils
The photo shows a fossil.
B
What type of fossil has once living material been replaced by minerals?
A.
Which type of organism has been found on Earth for the longest period of time?
Fish
True or False: Fossils can provide evidence of how life has changed over time, how Earth's surface has changed, and clues about what past environments were like.
True
What might a scientist learn from a dinosaur fossil?
B.
Which is not a way a fossil is formed?
C
Which part of an animal is most likely to become a fossil?
C.
Which is the correct answer?
B.
Pig, Bear, Tiger, Elephant
Elephant
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