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The paleontologist has found small pieces of dinosaur fossil in a rock layer. She and her crew set

up camp to further investigate this rock layer. They want more evidence to determine the age of

the dinosaur fossils in comparison to other fossils that have been found. The science team has a

big breakthrough when they find large teeth and a skull of the same type of dinosaur in the same

rock layer.

Choose the word(s) that best completes this sentence:

If fossils are moved by processes such as weathering and erosion, scientists might think they are the wrong age if they are mixed in with fossils from ________________.

• larger

• smaller

• different organisms

• a different layer

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What can you measure using this graduated cylinder?

• area

• mass

• volume

• length

The smallest unit of matter is:

• atom

• molecule

• gram

• mass

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What do you call this science tool: 

• beaker

• graduated cylinder

• test tube

• petri dish 

What would happen if you touched a south pole end of a magnet to a north pole end of another magnet?

• they would be attracted to each other

• they would be repelled from each other

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The strongest parts of the magnet are ...

• fronts

• backs

• poles

• middle

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Heat always travels from...

• Warm to cool

• Cool to warm

• Warm to warm

• Cool to cool

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What are the three main types of rocks?

• sandstone, limestone, marble

• igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary

• obsidian, coal, basalt

• conglomerate, obsidian, metamorphic

What are the layers of soil? Click all that apply.

• topsoil

• bedrock

• sub soil

• sand

Which one is not a way to identify minerals?

• color

• fracture

• metallic

• cleavage

• hardness