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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?
    There were more ancient animals than ancient plants.
    Plants have softer body parts than animals.
    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 trace
    a mineral
    a footprint
    a cast
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  • Which is an imprint fossil?
    bone
    Petrified wood
    an animal track
    a cast
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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 did not live on land.
    The animal ate fruits and vegetables.
    The animal ate meat.
    The animal is closely related to a shark.
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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
    amber
    mold
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  • How are an elephant and a mammoth alike?
    both are extinct
    both live in a warm climate
    both have tusks
    both have thick, shaggy fur
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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?
    A plant of animal is eaten.
    Sediments are pressed together and hardened.
    Sediments fill a mold and form a cast.
    A plant or animal is covered by sediment.
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  • Why don't we know what many ancient plants looked like?
    Minerals destroyed them.
    They rotted away.
    Animals ate them all.
    They were trapped in tar.
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  • Which animal is extinct?
    elephant
    saber-toothed cat
    rhinoceros
    camel
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  • What replaces the wood of a once-living tree to form petrified wood?
    a mold
    amber
    a cast
    minerals
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  • why are there many fossil imprints of ferns?
    Ferns have changed little over time.
    Fern parts are hard like bone.
    Ferns were larger than other ancient plants.
    Once, most plants on Earth were ferns.
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