3rd Grade Checkpoint #2 Review

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Which part of the turtle is most likely to become a fossil? (*Hint- Hard parts of animals are more likely to become fossils*)

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The turtle's shell

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Which part of the shark is most likely to become a fossil?

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The shark's teeth

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Looking at this fossil picture of a dinosaur, which of the following is NOT something a scientist could learn about this dinosaur?

• The size of the dinosaur's bones
• How the dinosaur moved
• The shape of the dinosaur's body
• The skin color of the dinosaur

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The skin color of the dinosaur

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A scientist finds the fossil of an animal’s teeth. What can the scientist learn about the animal from its teeth?

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What kind of food the animal ate.

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Fossil

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The remains or traces of plants and animals from long ago

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Fossils of sea creatures have been found in deserts. What does this tell scientists about the habitat in that area long ago?

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It used to be underwater

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What can fossils tell us about the habitats where ancient animals lived?

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They can show what kind of environment the animals lived in, like land or water.

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The preserved remains of a plant or animal that lived long ago are called ____________.

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fossils

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A paleontologist finds a fossil of a fish on top of a mountain. She can infer that the area was once: much cooler, underwater, much warmer, a desert

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underwater

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A fossil is a trace or remains of a living thing that died _______.

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a very long time ago