Fossils

Fossils

Assessment

Flashcard

Science

5th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

NGSS
MS-LS4-1, MS-ESS1-4, MS-ESS2-3

+1

Standards-aligned

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

In which type of rock are most fossils found?

Back

sedimentary rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

If a scientist found a fish fossil in the desert, what can they infer?

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Back

The water covered the area long ago.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What needs to happen FIRST for a fossil to form?

Back

A plant or animal must die and decompose.

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What replaces the wood of a once-living thing to form petrified wood?

Back

minerals

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

This type of fossil is tree sap hardened and replaced by minerals.

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Back

Amber

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Most fossils form when living things die and are buried by _______________ that hardens into rock over time.

Back

sediment

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

A ______________________ is a scientist who studies fossils.

Back

paleontologist

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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