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The era that dinosaurs ruled the Earth's land, air and oceans.

• Cenozoic
• Paleozoic
• Precambrian
• Mesozoic

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Fossilized tracks or other evidence of activity of an organism.

• trail 
• trace 
• index
• absolute 

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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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Which statement supports the theory of evolution?

• All living cells come from previous cells.
• All plants and animals have DNA.
• Matter cannot be created or destroyed during chemical reactions.
• Fossils provide evidence that vertebrates share a common ancestor.

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What is the importance of studying fossils?

• to provide information about how current life forms would exist in previous environmental conditions

• to provide information about how life and environmental conditions may have changed

• to provide information about how previous life forms would exist in current environmental conditions

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What do the marine fossils of Virginia indicate about this area's past?

• We had volcanoes at one point

• Dinosaurs didn't live here

• Dinosaurs did live here

• Virginia was once under water

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Finding the fossils of trees in an area that is currently a desert without much life might tell us that the area, millions of years ago - 

• was heavily eroded by strong winds
• received enough rain to support a forest
• suffered very powerful earthquakes
• was destroyed by the impact of meteorites

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A fossil must be:

naturally formed created by organic processes very old (at least 10,000 years)

Identify the correct letter for the choices that are all definitely fossils.

• Dinosaur tracks, Mammoth found in ice, Seashells found in limestone

• Imprints of rain drops, Trilobite shells, Mud cracks

• Egyptian Mummy, Ancient Pottery, Worm borings in sandstone

• Stone Age tools, Giant shark teeth, Seashells found on a beach

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At one time, several kinds of camels lived in Florida. The evidence comes from fossils found in Florida. Which of these objects would be a fossil that shows that camels once lived in Florida?

• Sinkhole formed by a retreating glacier

• sedimentary rock that formed a long time ago

• crystal formation suspended from the ceiling of a cave

• remains of an organism preserved by geologic processes

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A Geologist studies ________.

• Earth's atmosphere

• Earth's environment

• Earth's crust

• fossils

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