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