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Which is a common fossil in Texas?

• Dinosaur footprints

• Plastic bottles

• Fresh leaves

• Modern bird feathers

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What is a fossil?

• A living plant

• The remains or traces of a once-living organism in rock

• A weather pattern

• A modern animal

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If you find a fish fossil in Texas, what does it tell you about the past?

• It was always a desert

• It was once covered by water

• It was always a forest

• It was a mountain

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Why do some animals become fossils and others do not?

• Only animals that can fly become fossils

• Animals quickly buried by sediment are more likely to become fossils

• Only animals that live in trees become fossils

• All animals become fossils

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A student finds a fossil shell in a rock. What can the student infer about the environment where the rock was formed?

• It was a dry desert

• It was once underwater, like a sea or lake

• It was a snowy mountain

• It was a volcano

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Why are fossils important to scientists?

• They help scientists predict the weather

• They show what plants and animals lived long ago

• They show how to build houses

• They help scientists find gold

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A paleontologist finds a fossil of a plant that no longer grows in Texas. What does this suggest about Texas’s past environment?

• The environment has not changed

• The environment in Texas was different in the past

• The plant was never real

• The fossil is fake

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You find a sea creature fossil in Texas. What does this tell you about Texas millions of years ago?

• Texas was always dry land

• Texas was once covered by an ocean or sea

• Texas was always a mountain

• Texas was always a forest

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Which of the following is always at the beginning of a food chain?

• Herbivore

• Decomposer

• Producer

• Carnivore

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What happens if all the plants in a food chain die?

• Only carnivores will survive

• There will be more food for herbivores

• All animals in the food chain will be affected

• Nothing will change

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