Starter quiz
- Which of these would most likely fossilise?
- plastic toy
- fur
- eyeball
- hair
- teeth ✓
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- Select the items that are human-made.
- plastic bottle ✓
- seashell
- wooden chair ✓
- rock
- glass sculpture ✓
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- Which environments preserve things well over time?
- dry and arid environments
- locations with frequent volcanic activity
- areas with fast moving rivers
- areas with slow sedimentation and waterlogging ✓
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- Match each item with its correct category.
- river rock⇔natural ✓
- glass vase⇔human-made ✓
- pinecone⇔natural ✓
- plastic toy⇔human-made ✓
- seashell⇔natural ✓
- ______ provide valuable visual and physical evidence for understanding ancient organisms and their shapes.
- ammonites
- fossils ✓
- rocks
- stones
- shells
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- Soft tissues usually ______, leaving only the hard bones or shells behind.
- decompose ✓
- digest
- decompress
- mould
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Exit quiz
- What is the process of making a fossil called?
- fossilisention
- fossilisation ✓
- fossilineting
- fossilaction
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- If something is decomposing it is ...
- breaking down into smaller parts. ✓
- growing more parts.
- breaking all the rules.
- growing into smaller parts.
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- What does extinction mean?
- when you take a sting out of your skin
- when something is past its sell by date
- the process by which a species, or family of organisms no longer exists ✓
- the process of making a new species
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- Which parts of an organism are most likely to fossilise?
- the soft, fleshy parts
- the hair and skin
- the hard, bony parts ✓
- the fur
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- Which of these are driving species to extinction?
- human beans
- haricot beans
- jelly beans
- human beings ✓
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- Which one of these items is most likely to fossilise?
- a designer label T-Shirt
- a paper bag
- a shark ✓
- a cream cake
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- To understand that only the hard parts of organisms fossilise.
- Know the key features that would help us to identify what future fossils might look like.
- To be able to make predictions about what future fossils would look like.
Common misconception
All plastics can be recycled.
Not all plastics can be recycled because some types are too hard to process or aren't accepted by recycling programs. Some plastic remains as waste.
Keywords
Fossilise - the process of making a fossil
Abundant - existing or available in large quantities
Perishable - something that can spoil, decay, or go bad quickly
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