Rocks and Fossils lesson 3 (SEN)

If a tree fossil is found in the middle of a desert, then what can you infer about the past environment?

• It was a desert

• It used to be an ocean

• It used to be a forest

• The area was dry

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The diagram shows rock layers next to a road. Layer F contains many plant fossils. Layer F most likely formed in which of these environments?

• Ocean

• Tundra

• Desert

• Forest

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If scientists found this fossil, what could they infer?

• What fish are like today

• That water once covered the area

• That this fish lacked oxygen

• What kind of animal ate this fish

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The Wooly Mammoth was an organism that lived 1.65 million to 10,000 years ago. It had a thick, hairy coat of wool. It had up to 4 inches of fat beneath the skin along with small ears and a short tail. What can its fossil remains tell scientists?

• The environment of the wooly mammoth was hot and dry.

• The environment of the wooly mammoth was hot and humid.

• The environment of the wooly mammoth was warm and sunny.

• The environment of the wooly mammoth was cold and snowy.

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Which fossil in this diagram is the oldest?

• Fossil 1

• Fossil 2

• Fossil 3

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Which explains why scientists study fossils?

• Fossils help predict climate changes

• Fossils help understand about past organisms and their environment

• Fossils help understand what to expect in the future

• Fossils help keep species from becoming extinct.

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An ancient fossil of a tree is found in an area. What does it tell you about how the area used to look?

• The land was a dry desert

• The land was an ocean

• A river used to pass by that land

• The land used to be a dense forest

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15. The rock column above shows the layers in a rock formation. The three diagrams above show the positions of fossils in different rock layers. According to this information, which fossil is the youngest?

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Who is a paleontologist?

• A scientist who studies rocks

• A scientist who studies fossils

• A scientist who studies animals and plants

• A scientists who studies the weather and the climate in an area

A class took a field trip to the seashore to study this rock sequence. It is full of fossils such as sea stars that lived in the ocean, Triceratops that lived on land, Plesiosaurs that lived in the ocean, and snails that lived on land. Which choice shows how the environment has changed over time?

• ocean, land, ocean ,land

• Land, ocean

• Ocean, land , ocean

• Land, ocean, land , ocean

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