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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?
There were more ancient animals than ancient plants.
Plants have softer body parts than animals.
Plants are smaller than animals.
Animals eat plants.
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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?
Petrified wood
a cast
bone
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 fruits and vegetables.
The animal is closely related to a shark.
The animal ate meat.
The animal did not live on land.
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If scientists found this fossil, what could they infer?
that water once covered the area
that this fish lacked oxygen
what fish were like today
what kind of animal ate this fish
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Which term describes this fossil?
mold
bone
amber
cast
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How are an elephant and a mammoth alike?
both are extinct
both have thick, shaggy fur
both have tusks
both live in a warm climate
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Which sentence is TRUE?
Fossils show that the coelacanth fish has changed.
All once-living organisms left behind fossils.
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.
A plant of animal is eaten.
Sediments are pressed together and hardened.
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.
They were trapped in tar.
Minerals destroyed them.
Animals ate them all.
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Which animal is extinct?
rhinoceros
elephant
saber-toothed cat
camel
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What replaces the wood of a once-living tree to form petrified wood?
amber
a cast
a mold
minerals
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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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