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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The illustration shows a fossil of a dinosaur skull. Which of the following best describes why this fossil is not made of bone but rock?

• The dinosaur ate many plants that contained minerals.

• The dinosaur died when a rock fell on it and crushed it.

• The dinosaur skull changed from bone to rock in the ground.

• The dinosaur died in the ocean and sank to the bottom.

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

• Evidence

• Sequence

• Fossils

• Organisms

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Facts and information that show if something is true is __________.

• evidence

• sequence

• fossils

• organism

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An ____________ is a living thing such as a plant or animal.

• evidence

• sequence

• fossils

• organism

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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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

A model of rock layers showing two fossils in the same layer means that fossils are from different periods of time.

• true

• false

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What type of fossil is shown here?

• trace

• mold

• cast

• permineralized/petrified

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

• absolute

• uniform

• casual

• relative

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Older rocks are found deeper than younger rocks is the ______.

• Big Bang Theory

• Theory of Relativity

• Law of Layers

• Law of Superposition

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