Fossils

Making imprints of objects in clay is most useful for learning about _____________________.

• weathering

• fossils

• renewable resources

• the rock cycle

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Scientists know that dinosaurs actually lived because ____________________________.

• people who have seen them told the scientists

• they have seen the dinosaurs

• they have found fossils of dinosaurs

• some animals alive today look like dinosaurs

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What can scientists learn about a particular dinosaur from studying its fossilized teeth?

• how big it was

• what its skin looked like

• what kind of food it ate

• how fast it would run

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Scientist who studies fossils is called:

• doctors

• meteorologists

• paleontologists

• geologists

Two fossils are found in a cold mountain region. One is a fish fossil and the other is a palm tree fossil. What can you infer about the environment in which these organisms lived?

• A warm ocean environment because fish are found in areas with water and palm trees are found in warm ocean environments.

• A cold mountain region because an environment cannot change its type of environment over time.

• A warm mountain region because since there are palm trees, the area needs to be warm.

• A hot desert because palm trees are found in hot areas.

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Fossils give us evidence about which of the following?

• plants and animals that lived long ago
• how weathering and erosion break down rocks
• the other planets in our solar system
• the transfer of energy from one form  to another

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The picture shows a fossil of a leaf. What can be learned from the fossil?

• The size of the leaf

• The color of the leaf

• Which animals ate the leaf

• How fast the animal grew

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Scientist cannot tell an animal's ____________ when studying fossils.

• size

• diet

• color

• weight

What happens when a group of animals become extinct?

• All of its members have died.
• Only a few of its members are still living.
• The animals can no longer lay eggs.
• All of its members move to another place.

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If scientists found this fossil, what could they infer?

• what fish are like today
• that this fish lacked oxygen
• what kind of animal ate this fish
• that water once covered the area

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