5.9D- Fossils

What is a fossil?

• The preserved remains of a dead plant or animal found in a rock

• Fuels that formed from the decayed remains of plants and animals

• A solid natural material that has a crystal form and its own set of properties

• A resource that can replace itself in a relatively short period of time

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Most fossils are found in –

• frozen rock

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

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Which layer of sedimentary rock is the oldest?

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• 2

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• 4

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What type of environment existing when this imprint of a fern leaf was created?

• Desert

• Forest

• Ocean

• Tundra

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Which layer of sedimentary rock is the youngest (newest)?

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• 2

• 3

• 4

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This diagram represents the layers of the earth and fossils found in each layer. Based on the drawing, which imprint is the oldest?

• Freshwater clam shells

• Fish bones

• Fern imprints

• Leaf imprints

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Based on the image, what type of environment did this organism live in?

• This organism lived in an ocean.

• This organism lived in a river.

• This organism lived on land.

• This organism lived in a lake.

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The diagram represents the layers found inside a rocky cliff. The rock layers contain fossils. Which of the following layers of rock is most likely the youngest?

• The layer containing trilobites.

• The layer containing fishes.

• The layer containing amphibians.

• The layer containing mammals.

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This table gives information for different kinds of fossils. Finding which kind of fossil would lead to the conclusion that the area where it was found was, long ago, under hundreds of meters of salt water?

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Finding fossils in an area can help us learn what about that location?

• Which places in the region receive the most sunlight

• The effect of the climate on the formation of soil

• How modern plants and animals interact there

• The kinds of organisms that lived there long ago

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