Fossils

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Making imprints of objects in clay is most useful for learning about _____________________. Options: weathering, fossils, renewable resources, the rock cycle

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fossils

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Scientists know that dinosaurs actually lived because ____________________________.
Options:
1. people who have seen them told the scientists
2. they have seen the dinosaurs
3. they have found fossils of dinosaurs
4. some animals alive today look like dinosaurs

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they have found fossils of dinosaurs

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What can scientists learn about a particular dinosaur from studying its fossilized teeth?

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what kind of food it ate

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Scientist who studies fossils is called:

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paleontologists

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Two fossils are found in a cold mountain region. One is a fish fossil and the other is 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.

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Fossils give us evidence about which of the following? Options: plants and animals that lived long ago, how weathering and erosion break down rocks, the other planets in our solar system, the transfer of energy from one form to another

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plants and animals that lived long ago

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The picture shows a fossil of a leaf. What can be learned from the fossil?

• The size of the leaf
• The color of the leaf
• Which animals ate the leaf
• How fast the animal grew

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The size of the leaf

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Scientist cannot tell an animal's ____________ when studying fossils. Options: size, diet, color, weight

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color

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What happens when a group of animals become extinct?

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All of its members have died.

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If scientists found this fossil, what could they infer?

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that water once covered the area