5.9D- Fossils

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What is a fossil?

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The preserved remains of a dead plant or animal found in a rock

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Most fossils are found in –
Options: frozen rock, igneous rock, sedimentary rock, metamorphic rock

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sedimentary rock

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Which layer of sedimentary rock is the oldest?

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What type of environment existed when this imprint of a fern leaf was created? Options: Desert, Forest, Ocean, Tundra

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Forest

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Which layer of sedimentary rock is the youngest (newest)? Options:

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1

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This diagram represents the layers of the earth and fossils found in each layer. Based on the drawing, which imprint is the oldest?

Options: Freshwater clam shells, Fish bones, Fern imprints, Leaf imprints

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Fern imprints

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Based on the image, what type of environment did this organism live in?

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This organism lived on land.

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Which layer of rock is most likely the youngest? Options: The layer containing trilobites, The layer containing fishes, The layer containing amphibians, The layer containing mammals.

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The layer containing mammals.

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This table gives information for different kinds of fossils. Finding which kind of fossil would lead to the conclusion that the area where it was found was, long ago, under hundreds of meters of salt water?

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Finding fossils in an area can help us learn what about that location?

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The kinds of organisms that lived there long ago