Starter quiz
- Which of these things is a fossil?
a living organism
the remains of a dead organism
a rock
the mineralised remains of an organism in a rock ✓
- Which of these things could become a fossil?
an animal ✓
a plant ✓- a rock
a metal can
- Which of these things could not become a fossil?
bacteria
coin ✓
dung
toy ✓
- Who correctly explains why it is unlikely that a jellyfish could become a fossil?
Aisha: “Jellyfish live in the ocean. Fossils can’t form there.”
Lucas: “It moves around too much and won’t get trapped in rock.”
Izzy: “It has a soft body and no bones, so a body fossil won’t form from it.” ✓
- Put the statements in order to explain how a dead organism can be turned into a fossil.
- 1⇔The organism's remains are buried in a layer of sediment.
- 2⇔More layers of sediment build up on top.
- 3⇔The pressure turns the sediment to rock.
- 4⇔Water seeps through and dissolves the remains of the organism.
- 5⇔Minerals in the water replace the remains.
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