Fossils STAAR

What type of environment existing when this imprint of a fern leaf was created?

• Desert

• Forest

• Ocean

• Tundra

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The diagram represents the layers found inside a rocky cliff. The rock layers contain fossils. Based on the diagram, which fossil was found in the middle layer?

• Mammals

• Amphibians

• Fishes

• Dinosaurs

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

• F

• G

• H

• J

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

• F

• G

• H

• J

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

• F

• G

• H

• J

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

• F

• G

• H

• J

• F

• G

• H

• J

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

__________ is the preserved remains of animals, plants, or other organisms from the past.

• Evidence

• Sequence

• Fossils

• Organisms

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Students layered a container with sand and soil. They added a small chicken bone between the layers. What step in the process of making fossils does this model?

• Plants give energy to animals.

• Earthquakes push fossils to the surface.

• Parts of a living thing are buried.

• Water carries minerals through soil.