A scientist is studying an extinct bird. Which fossil would help the scientist learn more about the bird?
C.
Pig, Bear, Tiger, Elephant
Elephant
Which is the correct answer?
B
What type of fossil has once living material been replaced by minerals?
A.
What type of environment did these animals most likely live?
Aquatic
Which of these happens first when a fossil forms?
A.
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
Which statement is true about fossils?
D.
Which is not a way a fossil is formed?
C
What might a scientist learn from a dinosaur fossil?
B.
Which pictures are fossils?
1 and 3
Which part of an animal is most likely to become a fossil?
C.
Which materials preserve soft parts of an organism
B and D
Which is the correct answer?
B.
What can scientist study to learn the most about animals that are extinct?
A.
Which modern day animal does this fossil look like most? Fish, Snail, Salamander, Turtle
Turtle
What cannot become a fossil in rock?
Soft body parts
What does the word extinct mean?
C.
Which type of organism has been found on Earth for the longest period of time?
Fish
What are the remains or traces of an organism that lived long ago called?
Fossils
The photo shows a fossil.
B
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