Fossil Formation

True or False

Fossils are found in sedimentary rocks?

• False

• True

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Most fossils formed when a dead plant or animal was buried quickly by

• lava

• snow

• water

• sediments

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

True or False

Not all fossils are parts of once-living things.

• True

• False

Which of the following are examples of trace fossils?

• Wood, Bones, Teeth, Shells

• Tracks, Burrows, Droppings, Worm Holes

• Rocks, Sand, Wind, Water

What is a trace fossil?

• A preserved clue to life on Earth long ago.

• A fossil imprint made by the outside of a dead plant or animal.

• A fossil that shows changes that long-dead animals made in their surroundings.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which of the following forms when a fossil mold is filled?

• fossil cast

• petrified fossil

• carbon film

• tar pit

What is an imprint made on the outside of a dead plant or animal?

• fossil

• cast

• mold

• rock

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

True or False

Some fossils form when minerals quickly take the place of the original, once-living material.

• True

• False

What are fossils?

• The remains of living things that lived on Earth long ago.

• The basic building block of life.

• An instrument that measures air pressure.

• A nerve cell

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Many animal fossils have been found in which tar pit?

• California Tar Pits

• La Brea Tar Pits

• Jurassic Park Tar Pits

• Horse Tar Pits