What Do Fossils Tell Us About Ancient Environments

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If a tree fossil is found in the middle of a desert, what can you infer about the past environment of the area?

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It used to be a forest

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If two animals have similar traits, that means that they must be related.

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False

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The plesiosaur was an ancient

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marine reptile

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Why is it important to examine fossils from different places and ages?

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so we can gain a better understanding of the ancient environments that they lived in

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How do artists know how to draw an extinct animal?

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They study similar living animals.

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Which of the following describes a group of living things that is no longer living: fossil, extinct, mold, cast?

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extinct

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The hardened remains of a living thing that died long ago.

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fossil

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A fossil animal has a mouth full of sharp, pointed teeth. What can you infer about the animal?

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The animal ate meat.

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If scientists found this fossil, what could they infer?

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that water once covered the area

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How are an elephant and mammoth alike? Options: both are extinct, both have tusks, both have thick, shaggy fur, both live in warm climate

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both have tusks