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Fossils Review

Authored by Erica Gibbons

Science

8th Grade

NGSS covered

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Fossils Review
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

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.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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

Evidence

Sequence

Fossils

Organisms

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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

evidence

sequence

fossils

organism

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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

evidence

sequence

fossils

organism

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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

true

false

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

true

false

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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