The Fossil

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Science
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5th Grade
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Hard
+3
Standards-aligned
Charles Martinez
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10 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Fossil trees were discovered in a sedimentary rock layer. In the rock layer below are fossils of clams, similar to clams that are currently found on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico. Based on this evidence, we could conclude that the area where the fossils were discovered had what sequence of climates in the past?
Beach, followed by a forest
Rocky and dry, then very moist
Forest, and later a mountain
Very cold area, then much warmer
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Geologists discovered a layer of rock formed millions of years in the past. Which of the following would provide the best evidence of what the environment was like when the rock formed?
The time when the rock appears to have formed
The sediments from which the rock is made
The fossil plants and animals found in the rock
The kinds of rocks above and below the rock layer
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Finding fossils of what kind of organism in the rock layers below a forest would lead to the conclusion that the area long ago had a large lake?
Tall trees
Small reptiles
Flowering plants
Freshwater fish
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
The tables here give information on animal and plant fossils. Based on the information in the tables, which two fossils would most likely be found together in the same rock?
Fish skull and cactus
Mouse skull and seaweed
Alligator toe bone and fern
Shark’s tooth and marsh grass
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Fossils are best used as evidence about which of these?
The processes that change rocks over time
How best to conserve natural resources
The plants and animals that lived long ago
What forces drive the water cycle on Earth
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NGSS.MS-LS4-1
NGSS.MS-LS4-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Finding fossils in an area can help us learn what about that location?
Which places in the region receive the most sunlight
The effect of the climate on the formation of soil
How modern plants and animals interact there
The kinds of organisms that lived there long ago
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
NGSS.MS-LS4-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
An area is currently a forest. What evidence would best indicate that this area was covered by water millions of years ago?
An increase in rainfall in the forest over time
Presence of plants in the forest that need water to live
Fossils of fish discovered in rocks below the forest
Insects living in the forest that lay their eggs in water
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
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