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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.
    Animals eat plants.
    There were more ancient animals than ancient plants.
    Plants have softer body parts than animals.
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  • Which type of fossil would look like an actual body part of a once-living thing?
    a footprint
    a trace
    a mineral
    a cast
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  • Which is an imprint fossil?
    Petrified wood
    a cast
    an animal track
    bone
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  • In which type of rock are most fossils found?
    igneous
    volcanic
    metamorphic
    sedimentary
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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 is closely related to a shark.
    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?
    that this fish lacked oxygen
    that water once covered the area
    what fish were like today
    what kind of animal ate this fish
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  • Which term describes this fossil?
    cast
    mold
    bone
    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?
    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.
    A plant or animal is covered by sediment.
    Sediments are pressed together and hardened.
    Sediments fill a mold and form a cast.
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  • Why don't we know what many ancient plants looked like?
    They were trapped in tar.
    They rotted away.
    Minerals destroyed them.
    Animals ate them all.
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  • Which animal is extinct?
    elephant
    rhinoceros
    saber-toothed cat
    camel
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  • What replaces the wood of a once-living tree to form petrified wood?
    a cast
    amber
    minerals
    a mold
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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.
    Ferns were larger than other ancient plants.
    Fern parts are hard like bone.
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