Fossil review

Which is an imprint fossil?

• a bone

• a fly in amber

• an animal track

• a tooth

Which type of rock are most fossils found?

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

• minerals

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

If a scientist found the fossil of a plant in Antarctica, what could they infer?

• Plants used to grow in the snow.

• Antarctica used to be warmer than it is today.

• Plants didn't need sunlight to grow

• Antarctica has special soil that helped those plants grow.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What replaces the wood of a once-living thing to form petrified wood?

• amber

• cast

• mold

• minerals

This type of fossil is tree sap hardened around an organism

• Petrification

• Imprint

• Amber- Entire Preservation

• Mold & cast

If scientists found this fossil in a mountain, what could they infer?

• what fish are like today

• that this fish lacked oxygen

• what kind of animal ate this fish

• that water once covered the area

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which animal part would most likely form a fossil?

• Muscle 
• Fur
• Lung
• Bone 

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which is NOT a way an organism could become a fossil?

• It can be frozen in ice.

• It can be quickly buried in sediment after death.

• It can be trapped in the resin of a tree.

• It can be left out in the sun to decompose.

An organism should be buried quickly after it dies if it has a chance of becoming a fossil

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Cavity/Empty space in a rock made when an organism was covered with sediment and decayed

• cast

• mold

• petrification

• Entire preservation