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A fossil formed when part of a plant or animal decayed underneath the weight of sediment and left an image of itself on a rock is called----
a) a petrified fossil
b) carbon film
c) a trace fossil
d) none of the above

Tbe fossil record indicates that animals were ---
a) buried quickly during the Flood
b) buried slowly during the Flood
c) buried after the Flood
d) none of the above

Paleontologists look at the ______________ of modern animals to help them make guesses about what an extinct animal might have looked like.
a) skeletons
b) outward appearance
c) jawbones
d) none of the above

When fine sediment has been pressed into a mold and a copy of the shape of the organism formed is called a ----
a) cast
b) mold
c) petrified fossil
d) none of the above

What are the jobs of a paleontologist?
a) to find and study fossils
b) to clean and prepare fossils for display
c) to take fossils to a place to be studied
d) all of the above

A fossil that is not an actual part of an organism but of something that was left behind, such as a footprint, is a __________.
a) carbon film
b) petrified fossil
c) trace fossil
d) none of the above

Any part or trace of a living organism that is naturally preserved after it dies is called a ----
a) bone
b) fossil
c) mold
d) none of the above

When bone or wood is replaced by minerals that harden into rock, a _______________ forms.
a) petrified fossil
b) carbon film
c) trace fossil
d) none of the above

When the last of a certain plant or animal dies, _________ occurs.
a) extinction
b) evolution
c) excavation
d) decomposition

The scientific study of fossils is called---
a) mineralology
b) paleontology
c) geology
d) none of the above

People on earth who believed that life on the earth evolved are called ---
a) evolutionists
b) geologists
c) Creationists
d) paleontologists

By looking at a fossil, a scientist can learn about an animal's---
a) diet
b) body shape and size
c) behavior
d) all of the above

The fossil record provides clear evidence of ---
a) a worldwide Flood
b) a worldwide volcano
c) a destructive meteorite
d) none of the above

Dinosaur bones have been found....
a) only in Antarctica
b) only in the United States
c) all over the world
d) only in Asia

People who believe that God created the earth and all forms of life in six days are called---
a) paleontologists
b) evolutionists
c) geologists
d) Creationists

Permanently frozen soil is called ---
a) permafrost
b) amber
c) sedimentary rock
d) tar

The process of removing a fossil from the rock and other materials around it is called...
a) decomposition
b) extinction
c) excavation
d) geologist

Fossils have been preserved in tar and ----
a) ice
b) amber
c) sedimentary rock
d) all of the above

The imprint of an organism that has been pressed into a rock is called ---
a) a mold
b) a cast
c) a petrified fossil
d) a trace fossil

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