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Fossils

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    Questions about fossils.
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  • A group of living things that is no longer living.
    Extinct
    Fossil
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  • The hardened remains of living thing that died long ago.
    Extinct
    Fossil
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  • Why are there more animal fossils than plant fossils?
    There were more ancient animals than ancient plants.
    Plants have softer body parts than animals.
    Plants are smaller than animals.
    Animals eat plants.
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  • Which type of fossil would look like an actual body part of a once-living thing?
    a trace
    a footprint
    a mineral
    a cast
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  • Which is an imprint fossil?
    an animal track
    bone
    Petrified wood
    a cast
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  • In which type of rock are most fossils found?
    volcanic
    sedimentary
    igneous
    metamorphic
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  • A fossil animal has a mouth full of sharp, pointed teeth. What can you infer about the animal?
    The animal is closely related to a shark.
    The animal ate fruits and vegetables.
    The animal ate meat.
    The animal did not live on land.
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  • If scientists found this fossil, what could they infer?
    that this fish lacked oxygen
    that water once covered the area
    what kind of animal ate this fish
    what fish were like today
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  • Which term describes this fossil?
    cast
    mold
    amber
    bone
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  • How are an elephant and a mammoth alike?
    both have thick, shaggy fur
    both live in a warm climate
    both have tusks
    both are extinct
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  • Which sentence is TRUE?
    All once-living organisms left behind fossils.
    Some living things have not changed in millions of years.
    Fossils show that the coelacanth fish has changed.
    Fossils show that camels have not changed.
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  • Which of these must happen first for a fossil to form?
    A plant of animal is eaten.
    Sediments are pressed together and hardened.
    Sediments fill a mold and form a cast.
    A plant or animal is covered by sediment.
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  • Why don't we know what many ancient plants looked like?
    They were trapped in tar.
    Minerals destroyed them.
    Animals ate them all.
    They rotted away.
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  • Which animal is extinct?
    rhinoceros
    camel
    saber-toothed cat
    elephant
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  • What replaces the wood of a once-living tree to form petrified wood?
    a cast
    a mold
    minerals
    amber
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  • why are there many fossil imprints of ferns?
    Once, most plants on Earth were ferns.
    Ferns were larger than other ancient plants.
    Fern parts are hard like bone.
    Ferns have changed little over time.
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