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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.
    Fossil
    Extinct
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  • Why are there more animal fossils than plant fossils?
    Plants are smaller than animals.
    Plants have softer body parts than animals.
    There were more ancient animals than ancient plants.
    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 cast
    a footprint
    a mineral
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  • Which is an imprint fossil?
    Petrified wood
    bone
    a cast
    an animal track
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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 ate meat.
    The animal did not live on land.
    The animal ate fruits and vegetables.
    The animal is closely related to a shark.
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  • If scientists found this fossil, what could they infer?
    that water once covered the area
    what fish were like today
    what kind of animal ate this fish
    that this fish lacked oxygen
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  • Which term describes this fossil?
    bone
    cast
    mold
    amber
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  • How are an elephant and a mammoth alike?
    both are extinct
    both live in a warm climate
    both have tusks
    both have thick, shaggy fur
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  • Which sentence is TRUE?
    Fossils show that camels have not changed.
    Fossils show that the coelacanth fish has changed.
    Some living things have not changed in millions of years.
    All once-living organisms left behind fossils.
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  • Which of these must happen first for a fossil to form?
    A plant of animal is eaten.
    A plant or animal is covered by sediment.
    Sediments fill a mold and form a cast.
    Sediments are pressed together and hardened.
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  • Why don't we know what many ancient plants looked like?
    Animals ate them all.
    Minerals destroyed them.
    They were trapped in tar.
    They rotted away.
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  • Which animal is extinct?
    camel
    elephant
    rhinoceros
    saber-toothed cat
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  • What replaces the wood of a once-living tree to form petrified wood?
    amber
    minerals
    a cast
    a mold
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  • why are there many fossil imprints of ferns?
    Once, most plants on Earth were ferns.
    Fern parts are hard like bone.
    Ferns have changed little over time.
    Ferns were larger than other ancient plants.
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