Fossils Review

Which pictures are fossils?

What type of environment did these animals most likely live?

Which is the correct answer?

Pig, Bear, Tiger, Elephant

What does the word extinct mean?

What is a dinosaur?

What might a scientist learn from a dinosaur fossil?

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.

Which is the correct answer?

Which materials preserve soft parts of an organism

What are the remains or traces of an organism that lived long ago called?

What can scientist study to learn the most about animals that are extinct?

A scientist is studying an extinct bird. Which fossil would help the scientist learn more about the bird?

What cannot become a fossil in rock?

Which of these happens first when a fossil forms?

What type of fossil has once living material been replaced by minerals?

Which modern day animal does this fossil look like most? Fish, Snail, Salamander, Turtle

Which type of organism has been found on Earth for the longest period of time?

The photo shows a fossil.

Which part of an animal is most likely to become a fossil?

Which is not a way a fossil is formed?

Which statement is true about fossils?