Fossils

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Which question can the scientist most likely answer by examining this fossil?

• What was the average monthly rainfall in the area?
• How much water was absorbed by the roots of the plant?
• How much oxygen was in the atmosphere surrounding the plant?
• What was the environment like in the area when the plant was alive?

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What was the environment like in the area when the plant was alive?

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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Which conclusion best represents the origin of the fossil based on the evidence shown?

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The land was covered in water long ago when the fish was buried in sediment.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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How did the environment change between the layers?

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One layer had marine animals that were buried in sediment long ago. Another layer had land animals that were buried.

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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 fossil of the dinosaur? Options: What was the pattern of the skin of the dinosaur? What was the type of food the dinosaur ate? How fast was the heart of the dinosaur beating? How many eggs were in the nest 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 1 contains many plant fossils. Layer 1 most likely formed in which of these environments? Desert, Forest, Ocean, Tundra

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Forest

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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Smooth edge leaves are most common in which climate?

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Hot

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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Jagged leaf edge leaves are most common in which climate?

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Cold

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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Which conclusion best represents the origin of the fossil based on the evidence shown? Options:

There were no animals in the area at the time this leaf was fossilized.

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

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The plant at this time had bones which allowed them to fossilized.

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The leaf was in the fossilized stomach of an animal.

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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-LS4-1

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Based on the shape of their limbs, the Amphicoelias dinosaur most likely lived in what type of environment?

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land