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  • There can be plant fossil
    True
  • What fossil is it?
    Footprint fossil
  • If you find fossil, it can be million years ago
    True
  • Scientist who study about fossil is called?
    Paleontologist
  • Animal fossils that have been found in hardened tree sap are called?
    Amber
  • What do paleontologist or students learn from fossils?
    They learn about the size and shape of plants and animals that lived long ago
  • When an animal dies, it always turns into a fossil
    False
  • Leaves and flower cannot be fossil
    False
  • How fossils are formed?
    1. Animal dies. 2. Animal's body is covered by sand and mud. 3. The sand and mud become rock
  • What type of fossils leave a print of the plant or animal?
    Trace fossils
  • What are body parts of animal can be fossil?
    head, foot/legs, arm/hand, teeth
  • Why are fossils important?
    Fossils give clues about what extinct animals and plants looked like.
  • What types of things become fossils?
    Bones, animals, and plants
  • What is a fossil?
    is a remains or print of a plant or animal that lived long ago.
  • What are some types of fossils?
    footprint fossil, bones fossil, imprint fossil, shell fossil
  • Dinosaurs are the only creatures that have left fossils.
    False
  • What does extinct mean?
    A plant or animal no longer lives on Earth
  • What are fossils made from?
    dead plant or animals bodies
  • How does Mammoth compare to a today's elephant?
    Mammoth is bigger, scalier, has longer trunk and thick fur
  • After an animal dies, what does it get covered by?
    sand, mud, soil