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Fossils
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| people who study fossils | paleontologists |
| What is any living thing, plant, or animal? | organism |
| What word means when ALL of the members of a group have died? | extinct |
| What does petrified mean? | turned to stone |
| When insects become trapped in amber, they are.... | preserved |
| What has to happen first in order for a fossil to form? | an animal must die |
| True/False A seashell found on the beach is an example of a fossil. | True |
| True/False A petrified dinosaur bone is an example of a fossil. | True |
| True/False A footprint captured in mud is an example of a fossil. | False |
| What are the preserved remains of a plant or animal that lived long ago called? | fossils |
| What is amber? | sticky tree sap that hardened and small organisms become trapped inside |