The History of Planet Earth

What are the fossils?

• The release of material from a volcano

• The action of one object bumping into another

• Mineralized remains or evidence of plants and animals that lived long ago

• Signals that use clear-cut numbers to represent data

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Choose the correct answer: preserved parts or traces of animals and plants that lived in the past

• Fossils

• Earthquake

• Sense Receptor

• Rock Layers

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Choose the correct answer: stacked levels of rocks with different compositions and fossils deposited over 

time with the oldest layers at the bottom and the youngest layers at the top

• Earthquake

• Fossils

• Rock Layers

• Rock Formations

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Think about the sequence of events of how a body fossil is formed. Which would be the FIRST step in the process?

• Soft tissue decays

• An organism dies

• Bones are replaced by minerals

• A fossil forms

What evidence is shown in the picture to support the fact that Grand Canyon rocks are examples of sedimentary strata?

• The layers of rock are in horizontal patterns.

• The layers of rock are in vertical patterns.

• The rocks are near a riverbed.

• The rocks have smooth edges.

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Which layer contains fossils of the oldest organisms? Explain your answer.

• Layer A because it has the weirdest creature

• Layer D because it's on the top

• Layer A because it's on the bottom

• Layer D because dinosaurs are old

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Which rock layer is probably the oldest?

• A

• B

• C

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Which rock layer is probably the youngest?

• A

• B

• C

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What layer is the youngest?

• a
• l
• d
• z

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If a tree fossil is found in the middle of a desert, what can you infer about the past environment of the area?

• It used to be a forest
• It was always a desert
• It used to be at the bottom of the ocean
• It used to be covered in ice and snow

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