Fossils

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Layer 3 contains many plant fossils. Layer 3 most likely formed in which of these environments? Options: Desert, Forest, Ocean, Tundra

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Forest

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Which fossils would help support this hypothesis? Options: A and B, A and D, B and C, A, B, and D

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A, B, and D

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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What does the fossil tell us about the nature of the environment in the past?

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The area was once covered by water.

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What does the abundance of diverse plant fossils in the sandstone of the Antarctic Peninsula indicate about its past environment?

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warm and temperate in the past

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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Imagine that you found a fossil of the fish shown above in your back yard. Which conclusion best represents the origin of the fossil based on the evidence shown? Options:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The plants at this time had bones which allowed them to be fossilized.

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The leaf was in the fossilized stomach of an animal.

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

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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Based on the shape of their limbs, Amphicoelias and Nothosaurus most likely lived in what type of environments?

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Amphicoelias lived on land, and Nothosaurus lived in the ocean

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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The study of fossils helps us know ---

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about landforms, plants, and animals from times passed

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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This is a fossil found recently on a ranch in Texas. Which of the following is mostly likely a modern relative of this animal? Options: clam, coral, snail, slug

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snail

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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This is a fossil found recently on a ranch in Texas. What does its structure tell us about the past?

• This is a fossil of a piece of a mushroom. It tells us what the plants were like in the past.
• This a fossil of a piece of a shell. It tells us that the area was once under water.
• This is a fossil of a berry, common to trees found on mountain tops. It tells us that the area was once at a higher elevation.
• This is a fossil of the wind of a flying insect. It tells us what insects were like in the past.

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This a fossil of a piece of a shell. It tells us that the area was once under water.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1