Fossil Inferences

Based on the Map, click on one fossil that is found in Wayne County. Then click what that would mean for its past environment.

• Oysters

• Petrified Wood

• Dinosaur

• Ocean

• Volcano

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Based on the Map, click on one fossil that is found in Iron County. Then click what that would mean for its past environment.

• Oysters

• Petrified Wood

• Dinosaur

• Ocean

• Volcano

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Click on all possible theories of the Extinction of Dinosaurs.

• Climate Change

• Asteroid or meteor

• Hurricanes and tornados

• Volcanoes

• Man hunted them into extinction.

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Click on all that are NOT a theory of extinction.

• Supernova

• Disease

• Hurricanes and tornados

• Volcanoes

• Man hunted them into extinction.

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Why is it important for scientists to study fossils?

• Fossils are evidence of organisms that lived long ago.

• Fossils are fun to study.

• Fossils are found everywhere int he world.

• Fossils are too old to provide information that people need.

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What do trilobites found in Millard County tell us about its past environment?

• It had a volcano.

• It was a swamp at one time.

• The ice age was there at one time.

• There was an ocean at one time.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What does the Saber Toothed Cat found in Summit County tell us about its past environment?

• It had a volcano.

• It was a swamp.

• The ice age was there at one time.

• There was an ocean at one time.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What does coal in Emery county tell us about its past environment?

• It had a volcano.

• It was a swamp.

• The ice age was there at one time.

• There was an ocean at one time.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What might a Utah scientist tell from seashells found on top of a mountain?

• Shelled animals once lived on mountain tops.

• Sea creatures once breathed air.

• The mountain was once part of an ocean bottom.

• Sea creatures were eaten by animals there.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What statement is true about what we do know about dinosaur extinction?

• Plants and animals require fast change in order to survive.

• If an environment changes faster than a species can adapt, the animal will go extinct.

• Animals can always adapt to any change that happens.

• Dinosaurs ate themselves out of house and home.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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