Fossils

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Which of the following is NOT an example of a fossil? Options: a petrified dinosaur bone, a footprint captured in mud, a seashell found on the beach, an insect stuck in amber

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a seashell found on the beach

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Which of the following is NOT something you could learn from a fossil? Options: The size of the animal, What the animal ate, The color of the animal, Where the animal lived

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The color of the animal

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In which kind of rock do we usually find a fossil? Options: sedimentary  rock, metamorphic rock, igneous rock

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sedimentary  rock

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What must happen first for a fossil to form?

Back

An animal dies.

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_____ is any living thing, plant or animal, even you!

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An organism

Front

How are the fossil bones of a dinosaur formed?

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The dinosaur was covered in sediment.

Front

When scientists find a fish fossil in the desert, they know that long ago that piece of land was _________.

Back

a body of water

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Fossils of fish are found under land where cows now live. What does this tell you?

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This land was once under the ocean.

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How are fossils created? Options: Traces of organisms get turned into stone., Dead organisms are quickly buried for millions of years., Animals get trapped., All of the above

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All of the above

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Which layer contains the oldest fossils? Options: Layer 2, Layer 4, Layer 1, Layer 3

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Layer 4