Science - Module 2 Test 1

What is a fossil

• a dinosaur

• an organism that no longer exists

• the remains or impression of an organism that lived long ago

• something that is found under a pile of leaves

What does a paleontologist study?

• space

• fossils

• weather

• insects

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What might a butterfly need in it's environment to survive?

• flowers

• rain

• roof

• pizza

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Which word do we use to describe all living things including plants and animals?

• survival

• butterflies

• insects

• organisms

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Which of the following could be classified as an organism? Choose 2

• rock

• flowering plant

• blanket

• bird

• books

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If an animal is extinct, it means the animal is?

• living in the zoo

• no longer living

• there are very few left

• alive

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this type of fossil is a mark or cavity made in sediment in the shape of a shell or other body

• cast
• trace
• petrified
• mold

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this material does an excellent job of preserving insect remains

• cast
• amber
• mold
• carbon film

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Which animal part would MOST LIKELY form a fossil?

• fur
• lung
• bone
• muscle

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Fossils of fish are found under land where cows now live. What does this tell you?

• the fish were dropped their by flying birds
• this land was once under the ocean
• farmers fed the fish to the cows
• fish used to live on land

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