QUIZ!!!!!!!!!!!10points!!!!!!?

Question 1 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Scientists use fossils to learn about

How future organisms will interact

How living things change over time

The personalities of extinct animals

The amount of protein in an extinct animal's diet



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Question 2 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Studying fossils gives scientists clues for all of the following except

The amount of protein in an extinct animal's diet

How living things change over time

The type of environment an extinct animal lived in

How extinct animal's bodies functioned



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Question 3 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

A scientist finds a fossil that contains a long beak. He can assume which of the following things

The animal most likely was an extremely fast runner

The animal most likely could fly

The animal most likely ate worms that lived under ground

The animal traveled in giant herds



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Question 5 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

When scientists take clues found in rocks, fossils, and the surrounding area to learn about an animal’s life we call this a

fossilization

petrification

projecting

reconstruction



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Question 6 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Reconstruction involves

Scientists putting fossilized bones together to see what an animal looked like

Taking clues found in rocks, fossils and the surrounding area to learn about an animal's life

Assuming that the environment where a fossil is found has not changed since that animal died

Researching how the atmosphere would have affected extinct animals



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Question 7 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

All of the following could be considered reconstruction except

Scientists assume an area was once undersea due to the types of rock deposits

Scientists assume an animal was a meat eater because of the teeth in its fossil

Scientists assume an animal could climb trees because of its hand structure

Scientists predict a volcano will erupt in the near future because of current volcanic activity
 
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