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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?
    Plants have softer body parts than animals.
    There were more ancient animals than ancient plants.
    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 mineral
    a footprint
    a trace
    a cast
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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?
    metamorphic
    sedimentary
    igneous
    volcanic
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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 meat.
    The animal did not live on land.
    The animal ate fruits and vegetables.
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  • If scientists found this fossil, what could they infer?
    what fish were like today
    that this fish lacked oxygen
    that water once covered the area
    what kind of animal ate this fish
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  • Which term describes this fossil?
    mold
    bone
    cast
    amber
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  • How are an elephant and a mammoth alike?
    both have thick, shaggy fur
    both are extinct
    both have tusks
    both live in a warm climate
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  • Which sentence is TRUE?
    Fossils show that the coelacanth fish has changed.
    All once-living organisms left behind fossils.
    Fossils show that camels have not changed.
    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.
    Sediments are pressed together and hardened.
    A plant of animal is eaten.
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  • Why don't we know what many ancient plants looked like?
    Minerals destroyed them.
    Animals ate them all.
    They rotted away.
    They were trapped in tar.
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  • Which animal is extinct?
    camel
    elephant
    saber-toothed cat
    rhinoceros
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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?
    Ferns have changed little over time.
    Once, most plants on Earth were ferns.
    Fern parts are hard like bone.
    Ferns were larger than other ancient plants.
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