Fossils and Utah Rocks 化石和犹他岩石

What evidence shows that parts of Utah were once the sea floor of   an ancient ocean?

• Mammoth fossils found in caves.
•  Saber tooth tiger claws found in rocks.
• Trilobites found in limestone.
• Cooper and gold found in mines.

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Dinosaur fossils and coal found in Emery and Uintah County indicate    that parts of Utah were____________.

• tropical and swampy
• hot and dry
• hot and wet
• cold and wet

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_{Which rock layer contains the newest fossils?}

• F
• E
• B
• C

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The Grand Canyon is layers of rock that formed over time.  What are the rock layers?  

• sedimentary rock
• metamorphic rock
• igneous rock
• it's impossible to tell

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A fossilized seashell found on a mountaintop explains:  

• how Earth has changed over time.
• the ocean levels were higher once.
• that someone played a joke on a geologist. 
• how Earth has not changed over time. 

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If an index fossil type found in a layer of rock in Utah and the same index fossil type was found in China, you know the fossils are:  

• The fossil in China is older
• about the same age
• The fossil in Utah is older

Fossils reveal what about Earth's past? 

• changes in living things over time
• all of these
• changes in Earth's landscapes over time
• changes in Earth's climate over time

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A fossil Barbie doll is found in a layer of rock below a fossil Justin Bieber doll.  Which is the older fossil?  

• The fossil Barbie doll
• The fossil Justin Bieber
• They are the same age
• Hard to tell because the Justin Bieber doll probably self destructed and blew them both up

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How is the fossilized skeleton of a dinosaur similar to the modern skeleton of a lizard?

• They are both small and two-legged

• Both have hearts and lungs

• They have backbones and tails

• Their skin is the same color

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Why is a fossil dinosaur bone much heavier than the original bone it was made from?

• it has absorbed water

• it is much older

• much of it has dissolved

• it is now made of minerals

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