Fossils

_________ are the remains of plants and animals that lived long ago.

• organisms

• metamorphic rock

• fossils

• igneous rock

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Fossils show us the history of the earth and how it has changed over the years.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which fossil is made from the marks of an organism rather than the organism itself?

• true form (body) fossil

• mold fossil

• cast fossil

• trace fossil

Which fossil is formed when sediment fills into an empty cavity that results in a copy of the organism that used to be there?

• true form (body) fossil

• mold fossil

• cast fossil

• trace fossil

Fossils form when organisms die, get covered in sediment and eventually fossilize into rock.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

In the picture of sedimentary rock, the oldest fossils are found in which layer?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

This fossil was found in the desert. What type of environment probably existed here long ago?

• forest

• ocean

• polar

• desert

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which type of fossil is found in tar, amber or ice?

• true form (body) fossil

• mold fossil

• cast fossil

• trace fossil

Which fossil is just the shape of the organism that used to be there?

• true form (body) fossil

• mold fossil

• cast fossil

• trace fossil

Most fossils are found in ________ rock.

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1