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All fossils are formed in the same way.
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All fossils are formed in the same way.
True
False
2
A cast is...
The actors in a play
A fossil of a plant or animal
The original shape of an organism when a mold is filled
What you wear when you break a bone
3
Paleontology is the....
Studying things that involve bones turning into rocks
Scientific study of bones and ancient plants
Studying things that involve buried creatures
Scientific study of fossils and ancient life
4
Which can be petrified?
Shells
Wood
Bones
Rocks
5
The fastest plane ever (North American X-15) can travel at...
800 mph
4474 mph
18,955 mph
1061 mph
6
The
fastest
person (Usain Bolt) can run this fast...
15 mph
28 mph
34 mph
42 mph
7
The fastest car (Bugatti Chiron Super Sport) can move at
304 miles per hour
1047 miles per hour
601 mile per hour
180 miles per hour
8
Freezing can preserve ancient animals/plants
True
False
9
How do we use fossils?
In the dyes for coloring our money
In cement for construction
For minerals that you can't find in other parts of the world
For fuel for our cars
10
The speed of sound is...
767 mph
8,000 mph
301 mph
15,000 mph
11
Much of what we know about ancient life has been learned by studying fossils.
True
False
12
The scientific study of fossils and ancient life forms is
paleontology
microbiology
biology
geomorphology
13
Igneous rock can preserve ancient animals/plants
True
False
14
Amber can preserve ancient animals/plants
False
True
15
Which will fossilize fastest?
Shells that dry out on land in the sun
Shark teeth that end up in a river
Bones buried quickly by sediment
Animals die from a volcano and get buried
16
Cement, used in making concrete, comes from fossil rocks
False
True
17
Light travels at
186,000 miles per hour
186,000 miles per second
1,554 miles per second
2,978 mph
18
Planes can move faster than sound
True
False
19
The ancient remains, or traces, of once-living things are referred to as...
glimpses
isotopes
fossils
rocks
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What is petrification?
Bones dissolved and replaced with rocks
Rocks changing into bones from fossilization
Once-living cells replaced by minerals
Fossils being removed from ancient layers of sediment
21
Light, moving at 186,000 miles per
SECOND
, take_______ to reach Earth.
8 minutes : 25 seconds
12 seconds
1 hour : 12 minutes : 25 seconds
1 minute : 25 seconds
22
Fossils come in a wide range of shapes and sizes
False
True
23
Animal ever (peregrine falcon) can be this fast...
100 mph
79 mph
242 mph
501 mph
24
Mega Points
- What allows a person to time travel to the future?
Circling the Sun faster than Earth
The speed of light
Black holes bending space-time
Traveling to another planet
25
The process by which cells in once-living things are replaced by minerals is called
petrification
solidifying
burial
sedimentation
26
By studying fossils, scientists have learned a great deal about
ancient life
electricity
nanotechnology
chemistry
27
A tar pit can preserve ancient animals/plants
True
False
28
A key factor in fossil formation is quick burial by
Snow
Water
Sediment
Organic Matter
29
What is a mold?
The hollow area left by an animal in sediment
The decay of bone as it becomes fossilized
The shell or bone used to make an imprint
The inside part of a fossil
30
How do fossils allow us to see what happened in the past?
Fossils are all of the dead creatures from the past
Fossils are evidence of what the world was once like
Fossils have DNA inside that we can use to make dinosaurs
Fossils allow scientist to make inferences
31
Nice
nice
nice
nice
not nice
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Fossils are...
Bones
Foot prints
Traces of once-living things
Shells
33
Fossils are commonly formed in molten rock.
True
False
34
Quick burial by sediments and the presence of ridged parts are important for fossil formation.
False
True
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What are impression fossils?
Fake fossils sold in stores
Plant fossils
Fossils where most of the animal is missing
The mark left by a living thing
