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    • 1. What are fossils?
    A
    Remains or traces of past life found in igneous rock
    B
    Remains or traces of past life found in metamorphic rock
    C
    Remains or traces of past life found in sedimentary rock
    2. What do paleontologists study?
    A
    Rocks
    B
    Fossils
    C
    Minerals
    3. How are wood, bones, teeth, and shells preserved as fossils?
    A
    By being buried
    B
    By being exposed to air
    C
    By being submerged in water
    4. What happens to the remains when sediments harden?
    A
    They turn into minerals
    B
    They dissolve into the sediments
    C
    They become trapped in rock and form fossils
    5. What are trace fossils?
    A
    Fossils that show changes dead animals made in their surroundings
    B
    Fossils that are extremely rare
    C
    Fossils that are found in caves
    6. What can trace fossils tell us?
    A
    How old the animal was, how it died, and where it lived
    B
    How many offspring the animal had, how it communicated, and what color it was
    C
    How an animal might have moved, how big or small it was, and what it might have eaten
    7. What is a mold?
    A
    An imprint made by the outside of a dead plant or animal
    B
    A solidified form of sediment
    C
    A type of rock that contains fossils
    8. How does a mold form?
    A
    When water washes animal or plant remains out of rocks
    B
    When a dead plant or animal is buried in sediment
    C
    When sediments or minerals fill a mold
    9. What is a cast?
    A
    An imprint made by the inside of a dead plant or animal
    B
    A type of rock that contains fossils
    C
    When sediments or minerals fill a mold and form a solid replica
    10. How can whole plants or animals become fossilized?
    A
    By being exposed to extreme heat
    B
    By being trapped by sap from trees, glacier ice, or tar pits
    C
    By being buried in volcanic ash