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Fossils: What Happened Before

Authored by Ben Reincke

Science

5th Grade

NGSS covered

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Fossils: What Happened Before
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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The preserved parts or traces of animals and plants that lived in the past.

sediment

fossil

decay

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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Small pieces of rock-

imprint

weathering

sediment

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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A mark or depression made by pressure-

decay

imprint

sediment

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

In order for a fossil to be made, the conditions have to be just right-

True

False

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

When a fossil is made, how soon must the organism be covered with sediment when it dies?

quickly

slowly

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

An area is currently a forest. What evidence would best indicate that this area was covered by water millions of years ago?

An increase in rainfall in the forest over time

Presence of plants in the forest that need water to live

Fossils of fish discovered in rocks below the forest

Insects living in the forest that lay their eggs in water

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Fossils are best used as evidence about which of these?

The processes that change rocks over time

How best to conserve natural resources

The plants and animals that lived long ago

What forces drive the water cycle on Earth

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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