Fossils Review

Students notice a fossil of seaweed in a rock found in the middle of Georgia. What conclusion could they form based on this evidence?

• Part of Georgia was once under salt water.

• Weathering and erosion break down rocks.

• Trees in the forest need sunlight in order to grow.

• Ancient animals ate seaweed to get energy.

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What can we learn from studying the fossils in a certain area?

• How much sunlight the area received

• The direction the wind used to blow in the past

• How much rain fell in the area last year

• The kinds of animals that lived there

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__________ is the preserved remains of animals, plants, or other organisms from the past.

• Evidence

• Sequence

• Fossils

• Organisms

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A fossil of a fish found many layers below a fossil of a lizard would have lived after the lizard.

• true

• false

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The age of a rock compared to the ages of other rocks.

• absolute

• uniform

• casual

• relative

What can evidence like leaf edge shape tell us about the past?

• temperatures

• parenting

• predators

• all of these

When we know the exact age of a fossil it is the _____ age.

• random

• approximate

• relative

• absolute

Which layer is oldest?

• f

• a

• c

• e

Which fossil is youngest

• gastropod

• trilobite

• fern

• crinoid

People who study fossils are called __________ .

• fossilologist

• paleontologist

• meteorologist

• fossil hunters