SAVVAS Ch 5 Les 5 What can fossils tell us?

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The deeper a fossil is found buried in Earth, the ……………. it most likely is

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older

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If we found a fossil of a fish in a desert, we know that there was

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water in that area in the past.

Front

Which layer contains the oldest fossils? Options: Layer 2, Layer 4, Layer 1, Layer 3

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Layer 4

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This dinosaur is a _______

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Saurpoda

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A paleontologist is a kind of ____________.

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scientist

Front

How long does it take a fossil to form?

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millions of years

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What is a paleontologist?

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scientist who studies fossils

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If scientists found this fossil, what could they infer?

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that water once covered the area

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If the fossil of an animal has flippers, what can you assume about where the animal lived?

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it lived in the ocean

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In a sequence of rock layers, the oldest layer of rock is _______________ and the youngest layer of rock is ___________________ .

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at the bottom; at the top