FOSSILS

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What is the best step for a student to continue their model of how a turtle fossil formed once it dies? Options: Squish the clay to show that overtime fossils will disappear. Fill in the gaps with glue to represent minerals filling the space. Reveal the fossil since it is time for scientists to discover the fossil. Smooth the imprint over with your fingers to show that sediment will fill in the spaces.

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Fill in the gaps with glue to represent minerals filling the space.

Front

Who has a more accurate model of how an imprint of a leaf fossil is formed? Options: Erik, because he used play dough and it will decompose in the soil; Erik, because he buried it in soil which happens to all dead things; Carol, because the glue represents the minerals filling in the spaces to form a fossil; Carol, because she used clay and it could be molded over and over into something new.

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Carol, because the glue represents the minerals filling in the spaces to form a fossil.

Front

Two fossils found in a warm wooded region retain water. One is of an animal and one of a plant. What can you infer about the environment in which these organisms lived?

Back

The fossils are of organisms that once lived in a desert since these organisms are able to live where there is limited water.

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Two fossils are found in a cold mountain region: a fish fossil and a palm tree fossil. What can you infer about the environment in which these organisms lived?

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A warm ocean environment because fish are found in areas with water and palm trees are found in warm ocean environments.

Front

How can a student best demonstrate the step of organisms being buried under sediment using a clay dinosaur?

Back

Use a book to push down dirt over the clay dinosaur.

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What can be concluded about the habitat of a fossilized insect with pinchers for eating grass found in a desert?

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The area must have once had lots of grass because of the characteristics of the fossil.

Front

What should a student include in an illustration to show how a fossil formed?

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The student should draw a time lapse of images for each step with arrows and descriptions.

Front

Which table is the correct sequence and why? Options: Table 1 because the fossil is discovered last, Table 1 because the organism must be buried quickly after dying, Table 2 because the parts decay before it is buried, Table 2 because the fossil is discovered last.

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Table 1 because the organism must be buried quickly after dying.

Front

What clues does the fossil give you about how the animal moved and what type of habitat it lived in?

Back

This animal lived in a water environment since it has dorsal fins.

Front

What clues would BEST help a student find out the type of habitat an animal lived in when it was alive? Options: The animal has large tusks with very short front legs and long legs in back; The animal has a very large body and flipper-like front feet; The animal has large flat teeth and really large rib bones; The animal has very sharp teeth and a really large skull.

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The animal has a very large body and flipper-like front feet.