Jeopardy Misc. Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Types of Fossils Types of Fossils 2 Becoming a Fossil Vocabulary Misc. Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from Vocabulary An animal track left in mud which after time turns into rock.
$100 Answer from Vocabulary imprint
$200 Question from Vocabulary A group of living things that is no longer living.
$200 Answer from Vocabulary Extinct
$300 Question from Vocabulary The shape of a plant or animal left in sediments when the rock formed.
$300 Answer from Vocabulary Mold
$400 Question from Vocabulary The hardened remains of a living thing that died long ago.
$400 Answer from Vocabulary
$500 Question from Vocabulary A fossil that looks exactly like the actual organism, but it is made when mud or clay fills a mold.
$500 Answer from Vocabulary cast
$100 Question from Types of Fossils What type of fossil is shown below?
$100 Answer from Types of Fossils imprint
$200 Question from Types of Fossils What type of fossil is shown above?
$200 Answer from Types of Fossils cast
$300 Question from Types of Fossils What type of fossil is shown above?
$300 Answer from Types of Fossils True to Form or Preserved Part
$400 Question from Types of Fossils What type of fossil is shown above?
$400 Answer from Types of Fossils mold fossil
$500 Question from Types of Fossils Which type of fossil looks just like an actual body part of a once-living thing?
$500 Answer from Types of Fossils Cast Fossil
$100 Question from Misc. What are organisms that lived during the time that dinosaurs lived and are still living today called?
$100 Answer from Misc. Living Fossils
What do mammoths and elephants have in common? $200 Question from Misc. What do mammoths and elephants have in common?
$200 Answer from Misc. The both have tusks.
Tree sap hardens and becomes __________. $300 Question from Misc. Tree sap hardens and becomes __________.
$300 Answer from Misc. Amber
If the fossil below was found in a desert, what does that tell you? $400 Question from Misc. If the fossil below was found in a desert, what does that tell you?
The area used to be under water. $400 Answer from Misc. The area used to be under water.
$500 Question from Misc. If a fossil has really sharp teeth, what can we infer that the organism ate?
$500 Answer from Misc. Meat
$100 Question from Types of Fossils 2 Which type of fossil is featured below?
$100 Answer from Types of Fossils 2 Mold Fossil
$200 Question from Types of Fossils 2 Which type of fossil is pictured below?
$200 Answer from Types of Fossils 2 Petrified Wood
$300 Question from Types of Fossils 2 Are plant fossils or animal fossils more common? Why?
$300 Answer from Types of Fossils 2 Animal fossils – plant parts are destroyed easier
$400 Question from Types of Fossils 2 What type of fossil is pictured below?
$400 Answer from Types of Fossils 2 Amber Fossil
$500 Question from Types of Fossils 2 Which type of fossil is pictured below?
$500 Answer from Types of Fossils 2 Cast Fossil
$100 Question from Becoming a Fossil In which type of rocks are fossils most commonly found?
$100 Answer from Becoming a Fossil Sedimentary
$200 Question from Becoming a Fossil What happens to the soft parts of an animal when it dies?
$200 Answer from Becoming a Fossil They decompose or rot away.
$300 Question from Becoming a Fossil Why do fossils not form in metamorphic rocks very often?
$300 Answer from Becoming a Fossil The fossil is destroyed under heat and pressure as the metaphoric rock forms.
$400 Question from Becoming a Fossil Why don’t all fish become fossils?
$400 Answer from Becoming a Fossil Many answers… 1 reason is the fish could have been eaten by another animal.
$500 Question from Becoming a Fossil If an animal is eaten, will there be a fossil left behind?
$500 Answer from Becoming a Fossil No, there wouldn’t be anything left to become a fossil.
Final Jeopardy Horseshoe crabs still look like they did millions of years ago. What can we infer about the horseshoe crab fossil?
Final Jeopardy Answer It looks the same as a horseshoe crab does today.