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