Which statement is correct?

• The fossils in the top rock layer are older than the fossils in the bottom layers.

• The fossils in the bottom rock layers are older than the fossils in the top rock layers.

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A scientist found a sea creature in the desert, this gives evidence that this area was covered by ____________millions of years ago.

• sand

• mud

• seawater

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Which animal from the following can form an amber fossil?

• mammoth

• spider

• dinosaur

A record of Earth's past is found in the layers of rocks and the fossils within them. When scientists look at these fossils to find patterns, they create a

• fossil record

• data log

• diary

• dictionary

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Which of the following can be learned by using the fossil record?

• When organisms changed or evolved

• when organisms appeared on Earth

• when organisms became extinct

• All of the above

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If scientists found this fossil in a desert, what could they infer?

• what fish are like today

• that this fish lacked oxygen

• that water once covered the area where this fossil was found

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The millions of fossils that scientists have collected are called

• The Geologic Time Scale

• The Origin of Species

• The Fossil Record

• A really neat fossil collection

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There are two main types of fossils:

• coal and rock

• trace and body

• body and sand

Body Fossils are the most common type of fossil found across the world. Which statement below about body fossils is correct?

• Most body fossils are of hard parts such as teeth, bones, shells, or woody trunks, branches, and stems.

• They are formed from the sap or resin of trees.

• They are footprints from the animals that remain.

What type of fossil does the picture represent?

• body fossil

• trace fossil

• amber fossil

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