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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.
    Fossil
    Extinct
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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.
    Animals eat 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 mineral
    a footprint
    a cast
    a trace
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  • Which is an imprint fossil?
    bone
    a cast
    Petrified wood
    an animal track
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  • In which type of rock are most fossils found?
    volcanic
    metamorphic
    sedimentary
    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 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 water once covered the area
    what fish were like today
    that this fish lacked oxygen
    what kind of animal ate this fish
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  • Which term describes this fossil?
    cast
    amber
    mold
    bone
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  • How are an elephant and a mammoth alike?
    both have tusks
    both are extinct
    both have thick, shaggy fur
    both live in a warm climate
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  • Which sentence is TRUE?
    All once-living organisms left behind fossils.
    Fossils show that the coelacanth fish has changed.
    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?
    A plant or animal is covered by sediment.
    A plant of animal is eaten.
    Sediments fill a mold and form a cast.
    Sediments are pressed together and hardened.
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  • Why don't we know what many ancient plants looked like?
    They rotted away.
    Animals ate them all.
    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
    a cast
    amber
    a mold
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  • why are there many fossil imprints of ferns?
    Ferns were larger than other ancient plants.
    Fern parts are hard like bone.
    Ferns have changed little over time.
    Once, most plants on Earth were ferns.
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