fossils review

What are the remains or evidence of an organism that has been preserved called?

• amber

• fossil

• organism

• sediment

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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Which of the following is an example of a fossil found in sedimentary rock?

• a beetle in amber

• a whoolly mammoth foot

• a T-Rex footprint

• a deer leg bone

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Fossils are most often preserved in what?

• ice

• amber

• asphalt

• rock

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which of the following is a trace fossil?

• parallel tracks of footprints

• a shell of a clam in rock

• a leg bone of a raccoon in rock

• an opening in rock where a fern was buried

What are the remains or evidence of an organism that has been preserved called?

• amber

• fossil

• organism

• sediment

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which of the following is an example of a fossil found in sedimentary rock?

• a beetle in amber

• a whoolly mammoth foot

• a T-Rex footprint

• a deer leg bone

What does a paleontologist study?

• elephants

• airplanes

• past life

• computers

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Fossils are most often preserved in what?

• ice

• amber

• asphalt

• rock

Which of the following is a trace fossil?

• parallel tracks of footprints

• a shell of a clam in rock

• a leg bone of a raccoon in rock

• an opening in rock where a fern was buried

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

True of False?

The fossil record is complete because paleontologists have found every fossil from the last 50 million years.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1