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  • Why are there more animal fossils than plant fossils?
    There were more ancient animals than ancient plants.
    Plants have softer body parts than animals.
    Plants are smaller than animals.
    Animals eat plants.
  • What are fossils?
    stories about dinosaurs
    remains or traces of ancient living things
    pictures of ancient animals
    rocks that look like animals
  • The hardened remains of living thing that died long ago.
    Fossil
    Extinct
  • A fossil animal has a mouth full of sharp, pointed teeth. What can you infer about the animal?
    The animal ate meat.
    The animal did not live on land.
    The animal is closely related to a shark.
    The animal ate fruits and vegetables.
  • Where are fossils most often found?
    in layers of rock
    inside the animal's body
    busy city
    floating in the ocean
  • Which animal is extinct?
    saber-toothed cat
    camel
    rhinoceros
    elephant
  • During which era did dinosaurs roam the Earth?
    Cenozoic Era
    Paleozoic Era
    Today's time
    Mesozoic Era
  • A group of living things that is no longer living.
    Extinct
    Fossil
  • Which term describes this fossil?
    amber
    cast
    mold
    bone
  • Which is an imprint fossil?
    an animal footprints
    Petrified wood
    a cast
    bone
  • How are an elephant and a mammoth alike?
    both have tusks
    both have thick, shaggy fur
    both live in a warm climate
    both are extinct
  • If scientists found this fossil, what could they infer?
    what kind of animal ate this fish
    what fish were like today
    that this fish lacked oxygen
    that water once covered the area
  • Which of these must happen first for a fossil to form?
    Sediments fill a mold and form a cast.
    A plant of animal is eaten.
    A plant or animal is covered by sediment.
    Sediments are pressed together and hardened.
  • Which of the following organism is least likely to create a fossil?
    turtle
    jellyfish
    clam
    snail
  • Which type of fossil would look like an actual body part of a once-living thing?
    a cast
    a mineral
    a footprint
    a trace
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