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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?
    Animals eat plants.
    There were more ancient animals than ancient plants.
    Plants are smaller than animals.
    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 mineral
    a cast
    a trace
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  • Which is an imprint fossil?
    an animal track
    a cast
    bone
    Petrified wood
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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 did not live on land.
    The animal ate fruits and vegetables.
    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 kind of animal ate this fish
    that water once covered the area
    what fish were like today
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  • Which term describes this fossil?
    amber
    cast
    mold
    bone
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  • How are an elephant and a mammoth alike?
    both have tusks
    both are extinct
    both live in a warm climate
    both have thick, shaggy fur
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  • Which sentence is TRUE?
    All once-living organisms left behind fossils.
    Fossils show that camels have not changed.
    Fossils show that the coelacanth fish has 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.
    Sediments are pressed together and hardened.
    Sediments fill a mold and form a cast.
    A plant of animal is eaten.
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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?
    rhinoceros
    camel
    saber-toothed cat
    elephant
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  • What replaces the wood of a once-living tree to form petrified wood?
    a cast
    amber
    a mold
    minerals
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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.
    Fern parts are hard like bone.
    Ferns have changed little over time.
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