Fossils

Which type of rock are most fossils found in?

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• mold

What can we learn from studying fossils?

• What time period plants and animals existed.

• Which type of food animals may have eaten.

• That certain plants and animals no longer exist on our planet.

• All of the answers

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What is the fossil called when an organism decays and leaves a hollow space in a rock?

• cast

• mold

• body

• trace

What is amber?

• tree sap

• quick sand

• tar

• glacier

Animals often leave clues behind that teach scientists more about their habits and activities. Which type of fossil does this describe?

• mold

• cast

• trace

• body

A paleontologist is doing research in a rocky mountain area. They find a fish fossil. What does this fish fossil tell the paleontologist about this area?

• That fish lived long ago.

• The land was once covered in water.

• That someone brought it to the mountain and left it.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What can become a fossil?

• plants

• animals

• shells

• all of the answers

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

There have been a few woolly mammoths found completely preserved and fossilized including their fur! How were these mammoths most likely fossilized?

• tar

• amber

• body

• ice

Which scientist is an expert in studying fossils?

• geologist

• paleontolotgist

• geometryologist

• geographer

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A fly was trapped in amber millions of years ago. What do we call this type of fossil?

• cast

• mold

• preserved organism

• trace