Fossils

An animal has sharp, pointy teeth, what can we infer about this animal?

• The animal lived in the water

• The animal lived near the beach.

• The animal is a carnivore.

• The animal only ate plants.

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If a scientist found a fish fossil in the desert, what can they infer?

• An animal ate the fish.

• The water covered the area long ago.

• Today's fish looks the same

• The fish is endangered.

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What statement is true about fossils?

• All living organisms leave behind fossils.

• Fossils show that camels never change.

• Some living things have not really changed in millions of years.

• Plant fossils have never changed.

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What replaces the wood of a once-living thing to form petrified wood?

• amber

• cast

• mold

• minerals

This type of fossil is tree sap hardened and replaced by minerals.

• Petrified wood

• Imprint

• Amber

• Mold

Turtles look much like they did millions of years ago. What can we infer about turtle fossils?

• They did not change over time.

• The turtle survived the ice age.

• Turtles went extinct.

• Turtles were never endangered.

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Scientists can study fossils to learn about

the ___________.

• past

• present

• future

• none of the above

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A fossil of a fish is found on top of a

mountain. You can argue that the area

was once

• underwater

• a desert

• much colder

• much warmer

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Over millions of years, trees may become fossilized when they turn into_____

• paper

• soil

• rock

• water

Scientists discovered the fossilized remains of an unidentified animal. They can tell from its remains that it had gills and fins, but no legs. What conclusion about the animal can they draw from the evidence?

• It was a land mammal.

• It lived in the water all the time.

• It had legs that did not fossilize.

• It lived in the water and on land.

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