What Fossils Tell Us

Which of the following can we NOT find out from a fossil?

• Where the species lived

• What the species sounded like

• What the species ate

• How the species traveled

A species who has sharp teeth probably ate

Fossils can tell us what plants grew in a certain area in the past.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

If we found a fossil of a fish in a desert, we know that there was

• water in that area in the past.

• still a desert there in the past.

• someone who moved the fossil from the ocean.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Choose all that apply. A species who ate plants has...

• round teeth

• long teeth

• sharp teeth

• flat teeth

Choose all that apply. We can tell the size of a species by its'

• footprints

• skull or skeleton

• eyes

• imprints

• teeth

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

There is a dinosaur that has 4 legs that are all the same length. We also see that it has a curved spine. We know that the dinosaur traveled...

• by walking using it's back 2 legs.

• by walking using it's front 2 legs.

• by walking on all 4 legs.

• by swimming.

What can fossils tell us about a species?

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2