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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?
    Animals eat plants.
    Plants have softer body parts than animals.
    Plants are smaller than animals.
    There were more ancient animals than ancient plants.
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  • Which type of fossil would look like an actual body part of a once-living thing?
    a trace
    a mineral
    a footprint
    a cast
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  • Which is an imprint fossil?
    bone
    Petrified wood
    a cast
    an animal track
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  • In which type of rock are most fossils found?
    volcanic
    sedimentary
    metamorphic
    igneous
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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 meat.
    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 water once covered the area
    that this fish lacked oxygen
    what kind of animal ate this fish
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  • Which term describes this fossil?
    bone
    cast
    amber
    mold
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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?
    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?
    Sediments are pressed together and hardened.
    A plant of animal is eaten.
    A plant or animal is covered by sediment.
    Sediments fill a mold and form a cast.
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  • Why don't we know what many ancient plants looked like?
    Animals ate them all.
    They rotted away.
    Minerals destroyed them.
    They were trapped in tar.
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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?
    minerals
    amber
    a cast
    a mold
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  • why are there many fossil imprints of ferns?
    Fern parts are hard like bone.
    Ferns have changed little over time.
    Once, most plants on Earth were ferns.
    Ferns were larger than other ancient plants.
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