<p> Bill Nye: Fossils Name: ______</p><p>Read through each of the questions before watching the video. Then follow along and answer as the video is played.</p><p>1. Where does the word “fossil” come from?</p><p>2. What are fossils?</p><p>3. What percentage of living things have become extinct?</p><p>4. What are some of the fossils that were found at the La Brea tar pits?</p><p>5. How old are dinosaur bones?</p><p>6. How old are the oldest fossils?</p><p>7. What is petrified wood?</p><p>8. How does petrification happen?</p><p>9. What are trace fossils?</p><p>10. What all can the stride tell us?</p><p>11. In what kind of rock do we normally find fossils?</p><p>12. What can fossils of teeth tell us about extinct animals? 13. What made scientists think birds and reptiles are related?</p><p>14. What does the fossil record gourmet say is needed to make a fossil? (during credits)</p><p>After the video: 10 pts</p><p>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.</p><p>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</p><p>Example: Title: Don’t stop Diggin’ (to the tune of Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey)</p><p>Just a small town snake Livin’ in a crowded lake She died in the sand and S’Not going anywhere</p><p>Just a little fish Swimming was his only wish He died and now is buried deep within the sand</p><p>Animals, plants and bugs Once alive but now are duds Covered now by the sediment Time goes on and on and on and on</p><p>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….</p><p>Don’t stop diggin’ Hold on to that fossil feelin’ Tar pits, amber and ice….</p><p>Example: Gone, Gone, Gone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNSrNT-nIDE Fossil Rock Anthem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClJ5lwl_wM0</p>