Fossils 5.7D

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A scientist finds a plant fossil. What question could be answered?

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Information on surrounding environment

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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You found a fish fossil in your backyard. What conclusion can you make?

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The land used to be covered by water long ago

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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How did the environment change between the C layer and the B layer?

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The ocean dried up and disappeared between the C and B layers.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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Which question can scientists most likely answer from studying the fossils of the dinosaur?

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What was the type of food the dinosaur ate?

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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Layer 3 contains many plant fossils. Layer 3 most likely formed in which of these environments? Options: Desert, Forest, Ocean, Tundra

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Forest

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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Imagine that a student found a fossil of the leaf in your backyard. Which conclusion best represents the origin of the fossil based on the evidence shown?

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The leaf made an imprint in the sediment before it hardened to rock.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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What other information can fossilized plants provide?

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The kind of environment that existed long ago

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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Which fossils would support the hypothesis that a dig site used to be a creek environment?

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fish, plant

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Based on the shape of their limbs, these dinosaurs most likely lived in what type of environments?

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Amphicoelias lived on land and Northosaurus lived in the ocean

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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Which graph supports this investigation? Options: A, B, C, D

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5