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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.
    Extinct
    Fossil
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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 footprint
    a mineral
    a cast
    a trace
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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?
    sedimentary
    igneous
    volcanic
    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 ate fruits and vegetables.
    The animal is closely related to a shark.
    The animal did not live on land.
    The animal ate meat.
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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
    bone
    amber
    mold
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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.
    Some living things have not changed in millions of years.
    All once-living organisms left behind fossils.
    Fossils show that camels have not changed.
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  • Which of these must happen first for a fossil to form?
    Sediments are pressed together and hardened.
    A plant of animal is eaten.
    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?
    They were trapped in tar.
    Minerals destroyed them.
    They rotted away.
    Animals ate them all.
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  • Which animal is extinct?
    saber-toothed cat
    camel
    rhinoceros
    elephant
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  • What replaces the wood of a once-living tree to form petrified wood?
    a cast
    a mold
    minerals
    amber
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  • why are there many fossil imprints of ferns?
    Ferns were larger than other ancient plants.
    Once, most plants on Earth were ferns.
    Ferns have changed little over time.
    Fern parts are hard like bone.
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