Fossils SciOly 2020

Identify to the lowest taxonomic level on the Fossils List.

• Genus Calamites

• Genus Populus

• Genus Acer

• Genus Platanus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Identify to the lowest taxonomic level on the Fossils List.

• Genus Psaronius

• Genus Glossopteris

• Genus Calamites

• Genus Ginkgo

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

During what Geologic Era did this specimen become very prevalent in?

• Triassic

• Carboniferous

• Devonian

• Permian

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

this type of fossil is a mold filled with sediment that creates a solid copy of an organism

• mold
• petrified
• cast
• trace

Tags

NGSS.3-LS4-1

this type of fossil provides evidence of the activities of ancient organisms; examples include marks left by footprints or tails

• mold
• carbon film
• trace
• cast

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Why do bones and teeth remain as part of some fossils?

• they are white
• bones are large
• the parts are hard 
• bones decay easily

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

In which kind of rock do we usually find a fossil?

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which fossil layer is the youngest? 

• A. Layer A
• B. Layer B
• C. Layer C
• D. Layer D

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4