Fossils Internet Hunt

Directions:  

• Answer the following questions by visiting the website links related to each question.

• Write your answers on the page given to you in complete sentences.

• After you've found the answer, close the window and you'll come back to this page.

1.  What are fossils?
http://www.sdnhm.org/kids/fossils/index.html

2.  What are some examples of fossils?

http://www.sdnhm.org/kids/fossils/index.html

3.  How old are the oldest known fossils?

4.  What are TWO clues for where to look for fossils?
http://http://www.sdnhm.org/kids/fossils/ffwhere.html (use this link for #3 and #4)

5.  What TWO geologic forces can reveal long-buried fossils?
http://www.sdnhm.org/kids/fossils/ffmore.html

6.  What did wooly mammoths eat?
http://www.uen.org/Centennial/12AdaptationA.html

7.  What is the study of prehistoric life?
http://www.paleontology.esmartstudent.com/

9.  Click on a prehistoric animal and tell me some facts about that animal such as

• when it lived

• its size

• what animal it's related to (relative)

• and any interesting details about the animal

Click this link: http://abc.net.au/beasts/factfiles/

Cool Links

• GeoMysteries w/ Rex

• Fossil Fun Games