Fossil

The picture shows a piece of amber. Which statement best describes how an organism becomes fossilized in amber?

• A mosquito is caught in tree resin that hardens into rock.

• The bones of a frog buried in sediment are replaced with tree resin.

• A dinosaur is trapped in lava, and the heat turns the bones into amber.

• The body of a snail leaves an impression in amber, and it turns into rock.

Which steps shows the fossilization process in the correct order.

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What can scientists learn by studying fossils?

• what rocks are made of

• what types of organisms lived a long time ago

• how minerals are formed

• how every organism died a long time ago

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The picture shows a megalodon shark tooth fossil. What can be concluded about the megalodon shark from the picture?

• It mostly ate plants.

• It was a white color.

• It was very large.

• It swam quickly.

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What could NOT be learned from studying fossils?

• How long a species existed on Earth

• How organisms are related to each other

• The types of environments that organisms lived in

• How organisms communicated with each other

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Which of the following is NOT a reason why studying fossils is important?

• They show scientists what ancient organisms looked like.

• They show how organisms have changed.

• They allow scientists to bring extinct organisms back to life.

• They give information about ancient environments.

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

• size

• color

• smell

• shape

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The hardened remains of a living thing that died long ago.

• extinct

• cast

• fossil

• bone

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The remains or trace of a living thing that lived long ago is called....

• cast

• mold

• preserved parts

• fossil

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In order for a fossil to form, which of the following events must happen FIRST?

• Slowly, minerals in the water replace the bone.

• Sediment covers the bone.

• An animal dies.

• The bone is no longer a bone, but a rock copy.