Fossils

Which question can the scientist most likely answer by examining this fossil?

• What was the average monthly rainfall in the area?

• How much water was absorbed by the roots of the plant?

• How much oxygen was in the atmosphere surrounding the plant?

• What was the environment like in the area when the plant was alive?

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which conclusion best represents the origin of the fossil based on the evidence shown?

• The last person that lived at your house buried a fish, and it became fossilized.

• The environment in your area once had fish that lived on land.

• The land was covered in water long ago when the fish was buried in sediment.

• The fish long ago were only made of bones and did not have scales.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

How did the environment change between the layers?

• One layer had marine animals that were buried in sediment long ago. Another layer had land animals that were buried.

• There are no changes.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which question can scientists most likely answer from studying the fossil of the dinosaur?

• What was the pattern of the skin of the dinosaur?

• What was the type of food the dinosaur ate?

• How fast was the heart of the dinosaur beating?

• How many eggs were in the nest of the dinosaur?

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Layer 1 contains many plant fossils. Layer 1 most likely formed in which of these environments?

• Desert

• Forset

• Ocean

• Tundra

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Smooth edge leaves are most common in which climate?

• Hot

• Cold

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Jagged leaf edge leaves are most common in which climate?

• Hot

• Cold

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which conclusion best represents the origin of the fossil based on the evidence shown.

• There were no animals in the area at the time this leaf was fossilized.

• The leaf made an imprint in the sediment before it hardened to rock.

• The plant at this time had bones which allowed them to fossilized.

• The leaf was in the fossilized stomach of an animal.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Fossilized plants give scientists information about the types of plants that lived long ago. What other information can fossilized plants provide?

• The kind of environment that existed long ago.

• The kind of animals that were alive long ago.

• The color of the plants from long ago.

• What dinosaurs looked like long ago.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

An archeologist thinks that his dig site used to be a creek environment. Which fossils would help support this hypothesis?

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3