Fossil Utah

Fossils help us learn about how organisms lived in ancient times.

• True

• False

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We learn from fossils that Earth has never changed.

• True

• False

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Petrified wood deposits found in Utah teach us that....

• Indians used wood to cook.

• Utah used to be a swampland.

• There was a big fire in the forest.

• Dinosaurs ate wood for dinner.

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What clues were found that helped us know about Lake Bonneville.

• Marine fossils and shore lines were discovered

• Utah Raptor fossils were discovered.

• It was written on cave walls.

• Petrified wood was found.

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What is a Trilobite?

• A dinosaur discovered in Utah.

• A Sabor tooth Tiger that was preserved in ice

• An extinct marine fossil arthropod.

• The trail in Utah where dinosaur footprints were found.

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Method by which order of events or age of rocks is determined by examining the position of rocks in a layer 

• relative dating
• absolute dating
• radiometric dating

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Fossils of species that existed for  short periods and were widespread 

• trace fossils 
• index fossils 
• original remains 

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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Which area would a shark tooth most likely be found? 

• Area A
• Area B
• Area C
• Area D

Look at the fossil above. Where would be the BEST place to find it?

• desert
• jungle
• near the ocean
• piedmont

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