Lawson's science review (fossils)

What do paleontologists study?

• living organisms

• extinct organisms

• plants

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

How are fossils formed?

• Soil and sand turn into rock and bones are covered in it for millions of years. Then, a living thing dies.

• Bones are covered in soil and sand after a huge storm. A living thing dies. Then, soil and sand turn into rock.

• A living thing dies. Bones are covered in soil and sand over millions of years. The soil and sand turn to rock.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What are some examples of a trace fossil?

• footprints

• scratches

• burrows

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What do trace fossils show?

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Fossils are the remains of __________ plants and animals that lived long ago.

• preserved

• amber

• trace

• extinct

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

Some fossils are __________ in rock.

• tar

• amber

• preserved

• extinct

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Fossils can be preserved in rock, ice, or __________.

• extinct

• amber

• tar

• trace

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

Footprints preserved in mud are __________ fossils.

• tar

• extinct

• amber

• trace

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

How is amber formed?

• A bug gets trapped in snow and freezes.

• Tree sap leaks from a tree, traps a bug and hardens.

• Tree sap leaks from a tree, a bug eats it and then dies and hardens.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is one thing we can't learn from fossils?

• fur color

• fingerprints

• scratches

• burrows