4.1.3&4 Change Over Time -(Organisms in Environment)

True or False: Structures of fossils can help us make inferences about ancient organisms.

• True

• False

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What inferences can we make about a dinosaur based on its fossil footprints? (Click on all that apply)

• How much it weighed

• How big it was

• The speed at which it was running

• What color it was

Trilobites are extinct ocean shellfish. If you find a trilobite fossils in a certain area, what inference can you make about that area?

• It used to be a desert.

• It used to be a shallow sea.

• It used to be a mountain

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Antarctica is almost completely covered with ice, and plants do not grow there. Fossils of plants have been found there, though. What can we infer from this?

• Antarctica was once warmer than it is now.

• Penguins have never lived in Antarctica.

• Antarctica has always been covered with ice.

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Which of the following fossil clues would help us best infer that a dry desert used to be covered in water?

• dinosaur tracks

• skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex

• a fish fossil

You find a piece of sandstone with wave-like ripples in it. What inference can you make about the area?

• A beach was once here.

• Kids played here millions of years ago.

• The rock used to be a dinosuar.

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Which of the following can we learn from fossils? (Click on all that apply)

• Which parts of the world were once warmer or colder than they are now

• Where rivers, lakes, or seas once existed

• How long ago some plants and animals lived

• How some animals lived and died

• How many hot dogs have been made in the history of the world

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What type of rock are fossils most commonly found in?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Crystals

In what pattern is sediment usually deposited?

• stars

• polka-dots

• layers

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If you find layers of rock that contain fossils, which fossils are the youngest?

• Fossils in the bottom layers

• Fossils in the middle layers

• Fossils in the upper layers

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