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Which sentence describes how water changed the rocks?

• The water made the rocks larger.

• The water made the rocks harder.

• The water made the rocks heavier.

• The water made the rocks smoother.

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NGSS.4-ESS2-1

Henry is trying to figure out why the slide is so hot. Which question might he be asking?

• Is the slide straight or curved?

• Is the Sun shining on the slide?

• Are there other slides to play on?

• Are there other children near the slide?

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The pictures show a fossil of an extinct fish and the area where it was found. What is the best explanation for the location of the fossil?

• This kind of fish was often eaten by land animals.

• This kind of fish had once lived on land.

• The area used to be filled with water.

• The area used to be very cold.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A boy was hiking through a desert with his family. He found a fossilized insect that has pinchers for eating grass while he was digging in the sand. What can the boy conclude about the habitat of the once-living insect?

• The area was always a desert and someone put the fossil there.

• The area was once covered in water and must have had sea animals.

• The area must have once had lots of grass because of the characteristics of the fossil.

• The area has always been a desert because of the location where the fossil was found.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The picture shows a fossil. What was the most likely habitat of the fossilized organism?

• Lake

• Forest

• Plateau

• Mountains

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Where are most fossils formed?

• near volcanoes, because the high heat of the lava helps to form fossils

• in glaciers, because fossils are created when an organism is frozen quickly

• in sedimentary rock, because being buried in sediment helps to form fossils

• near earthquakes, because the shaking ground traps organisms to create fossils

Which of the following is an example of how a fossil was formed?

• A dinosaur died in the mud and minerals filled in the bones, keeping their shape.

• A dinosaur died during a very icy storm, and its bones hardened from the cold.

• A dinosaur died in the summertime, and the hot Sun made the bones strong.

• A dinosaur died near a lake and the water filled in the bones, keeping their shape.

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What is a fossil?

• a rock that is millions of years old

• the model created by a scientist to study dinosaurs

• the remains of an organism studied by scientists

• an organism that has become extinct

Which type of scientist studies life that existed long ago, mostly by studying fossils?

• Biologist

• Zoologist

• Botanist

• Paleontologist

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Which feature helps the most to identify the organism as a plant?

• size

• color

• smell

• shape

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