fossils

the trace or remains of an organism that lived a loooong time ago, often preserved in sediment

• half-life
• fossil
• geologic time-scale
• evolution

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The hardened remains of a plant or an animal that lived long ago

• extinction

• fossil

• tree

• tissue

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describes a living thing that is no longer found on Earth

• habitat

• extinct

• sedimentary

• VHS

Which thing is not a fossil

• petrified wood

• the footprint of a dinosaur

• the imprint of a 100 million old fern in a rock

• a rock that is 350 million years old

What do scientists learn from fossils?

• how rocks form

• what sediments are

• what animals are like today

• about plants and animals that lived millions of years ago

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

• The animal ate fruit and vegetables

• The animal animal did not live on land

• The animal ate meat

• The animal did not know how to brush it's teeth

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What replaces the wood of a once-living tree to form

petrified wood?

• minerals

• sap

• leaves

• bark

Which of the following is NOT something you could learn from a fossil?

• The size of the animal
• What the animal ate
• The color of the animal
• Where the animal lived

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Which statement BEST describes how the fossil bones of a dinosaur are formed?

• The dinosaur became trapped in amber.
• The dinosaur was covered in sediment.
• The dinosaur was frozen in ice.
• The dinosaur stepped in wet mud.

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If scientists found this fossil, what could they infer?

• what fish are like today
• that this fish lacked oxygen
• what kind of animal ate this fish
• that water once covered the area

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