Bill Nye: Fossils

Bill Nye: Fossils Name: ______

Read through each of the questions before watching the video. Then follow along and answer as the video is played.

1. Where does the word “fossil” come from?

2. What are fossils?

3. What percentage of living things have become extinct?

4. What are some of the fossils that were found at the La Brea tar pits?

5. How old are dinosaur bones?

6. How old are the oldest fossils?

7. What is petrified wood?

8. How does petrification happen?

9. What are trace fossils?

10. What all can the stride tell us?

11. In what kind of rock do we normally find fossils?

12. What can fossils of teeth tell us about extinct animals? 13. What made scientists think birds and reptiles are related?

14. What does the fossil record gourmet say is needed to make a fossil? (during credits)

After the video: 10 pts

In groups of 2-3, come up with your own song using key words we learned in class. Write your song on a piece of notebook paper. Each word used (in a way that makes sense will go towards your points) will go towards your overall grade. Turn into the box when done. Must have 3 verses and a chorus.

Possible Words: fossil, remains, preserved, sediment, deposited, cast, mold, trace, carbon, petrified, amber, tar, ice, sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic, weathering, erosion, cooling, magma, heat, pressure, rock cycle

Example: Title: Don’t stop Diggin’ (to the tune of Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey)

Just a small town snake Livin’ in a crowded lake She died in the sand and S’Not going anywhere

Just a little fish Swimming was his only wish He died and now is buried deep within the sand

Animals, plants and bugs Once alive but now are duds Covered now by the sediment Time goes on and on and on and on

Fossils, waitin Preserved deep within the rocks now Scientists searchin in the layers Preserved remains, Give us clues To once what roamed on the earth….

Don’t stop diggin’ Hold on to that fossil feelin’ Tar pits, amber and ice….

Example: Gone, Gone, Gone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNSrNT-nIDE Fossil Rock Anthem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClJ5lwl_wM0