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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.
    Extinct
    Fossil
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  • Why are there more animal fossils than plant fossils?
    There were more ancient animals than ancient plants.
    Animals eat 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 cast
    a footprint
    a trace
    a mineral
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  • Which is an imprint fossil?
    Petrified wood
    bone
    an animal track
    a cast
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  • In which type of rock are most fossils found?
    volcanic
    igneous
    sedimentary
    metamorphic
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  • A fossil animal has a mouth full of sharp, pointed teeth. What can you infer about the animal?
    The animal is closely related to a shark.
    The animal ate meat.
    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 kind of animal ate this fish
    that this fish lacked oxygen
    what fish were like today
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  • Which term describes this fossil?
    amber
    bone
    mold
    cast
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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?
    Fossils show that camels have not changed.
    Some living things have not changed in millions of years.
    Fossils show that the coelacanth fish has changed.
    All once-living organisms left behind fossils.
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  • Which of these must happen first for a fossil to form?
    A plant of animal is eaten.
    A plant or animal is covered by sediment.
    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?
    Minerals destroyed them.
    They rotted away.
    They were trapped in tar.
    Animals ate them all.
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  • Which animal is extinct?
    rhinoceros
    camel
    elephant
    saber-toothed cat
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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.
    Ferns have changed little over time.
    Fern parts are hard like bone.
    Once, most plants on Earth were ferns.
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