Fossil Frenzy

Fossils provide all of the following information about once-living organisms expect:

• the environment where an organism may have once lived

• the average life expectancy an organism may have had

• what the organism may have looked like

• how the organism may have moved

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Which of these best describes a fossil:

• a geometric pattern formed by a mineral

• a solid element or compound from the Earth's crust

• remains of extinct organism found in a layer of rock

• bits of weathered rocks and pieces of dead organisms

Scientists study fossils to learn about extinct plants and animals. Which of these is the best example of a fossil

• a footprint in a rock

• a seashell under water

• a leaf in a mudpuddle

• a bone on top of a sandpile

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Which of these is most likely the way a cast fossil was formed?

• shaping the animal out of clay and drying it

• filling the mold with clay and baking it

• rolling the clay flat and cutting out shapes

• forming clay into a ball and wetting it

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The fossils of extinct sea animals called trilobites were found in Ohio. This means Ohio was once covered by:

• grass

• water

• forests

• mountains

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All of the following can become fossils expect

• bones

• shells

• teeth

• rocks

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Scientists study fossils to learn about:

• the composition of the Earth

• patterns and crystal formations

• physical properties of rocks

• organisms from long ago

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A scientists discovered a fossil of an ocean plant in the rocks of a desert. What does the discovery of this fossil most likely tell the scientist?

• The fossils were formed at the top of a mountain

• the fossils were formed during a rainstrom

• the area had many volcanic eruptions

• the area was once covered by water

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What fossil is this?

• Horn coral

• crinoid

• Stromatolite

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Echinoids are

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