Rock Layers and Fossils

The remains of plants and animals,

• Fossils

• Stripes

• Minerals

• Arthropod

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Substances formed naturally in the earth are called...

• marine life

• fossilization

• minerals

• earthquakes

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When a natural force has worn away rock and soil, it has...

• fossilized

• eroded

• dissolved

• arthropod

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What is the process called when matter changes into a fossil?

• earthquakes

• dissolved

• fossilization

• eroded

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What are trilobites? Select all that apply.

• ancient animal

• lived after dinosaurs

• marine animal

• arthropod

• mammal

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What can we learn from rock layers? Select all that apply.

• may appear as stripes

• oldest can be found within layers

• fossils can be found within layers

• rock layers are formed from deserts

• rock layers can be shifted by erosion or earthquakes

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What can scientists learn about from fossils? Select all that apply.

• older fossils are found in lower layers

• how life has changed over time

• that the remains are from rocks

• newer fossils are found in layers towards the bottom

• that the remains are from plants and animals

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True or false: You can only find marine animal fossils in aquatic environments.

• true

• false

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True or false: The fossils on the top layer are the oldest fossils that have been exposed through erosion.

• true

• false

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Look at the picture. What can you learn from the rock layers and fossils? Select all that apply.

• There was a body of water here once.

• There was never water in the area.

• The fish is older than the other fossils found.

• The dinosaur fossils are older than the plant fossil found.

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