Fossils and Sedimentary Rocks

Fossil are typically found in what geographic formation?

• archipelagos
• volcanoes
• layers
• sand dunes

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What does a paleontologist study? 

• trees
• fossils
• volcanoes
• organisms that are alive today

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Which fossil is the youngest?

• fossil 1
• fossil 2
• fossil 3
• fossil 4

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According to the fossil record, which fossil is the oldest?

• fossil 5
• fossil 2
• fossil 3
• fossil 4

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According to this fossil record. What type of environment was there first?

• land
• lava
• ocean
• forest

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Sediments are falling into the layers.  What do the sediments do to make sedimentary rocks?

• get eroded more
• ice wedging breaks it apart
• the sediments do not get compacted
• compacted and cemented together

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You find shark tooth and fish fossils in an area that is now a forrest. What can you infer about the history of this place?

• The area was once a valley
• The area was once a desert
• The area was once covered in ice
• The area was once an ocean

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Wind blows around sand sediments and they get dropped in a new place. This process of dropping off sediments is called?

• erosion
• weathering
• deposition
• condensation

This fossil record has many shells.  This evidence helps you infer that.....
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• there was never an ocean here
• land was here first then ocean
• an ocean used to be here for a long time
• ocean was here for a short time

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Cement together is part of making a sedimentary rock.  What is a synonym for "cement together".

• stuck together
• pull apart 
• squeezing together
• expanding