Fossils

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What can scientists learn from a fossil of a shark's tooth?

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How large the shark was

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A Paleontologist finds a fossil of a fish on top of a mountain. She can infer that the area was once: a desert, underwater, much colder, much warmer.

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underwater

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The real or actual object is

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authentic

Front

A living animal, plant, or single-celled life-form is an

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organism

Front

What is the hardened sap called when small organisms become trapped in sticky tree sap that hardens?

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amber

Front

When fossilized trees have turned into rock, they are called

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petrified

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A ___________ is the preserved remains of a plant or animal that lived long ago.

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fossil

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A __________ is a scientist that studies fossils.

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paleontologist

Front

What could the fossil of a tooth tell us about an animal from long ago?

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what the animal might have eaten

Front

Which of these is a fossil?

a large fish

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a dinosaur bone

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a young tree

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a mouse

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a dinosaur bone