Science 1st Semester Review

Which of the following is NOT something you could learn from a fossil?

• The size of the animal
• What the animal ate
• The color of the animal
• Where the animal lived

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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.

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Which statement BEST describes how the fossil bones of a dinosaur were formed?

• The dinosaur became trapped in amber.

• The dinosaur was covered in sediment.

• The dinosaur was frozen in ice.

• The dinosaur stepped in wet mud.

Fossils give us evidence about which of the following?

• plants and animals that lived long ago
• how weathering and erosion break down rocks
• the other planets in our solar system
• the transfer of energy from one form  to another

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What part of an animal will most likely become a fossil?

• Muscle
• Eyelash
• Bone
• Ear

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If scientists found this fossil, what could they infer?

• what fish are like today
• that this fish lacked oxygen
• what kind of animal ate this fish
• that water once covered the area

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Based upon the image above of a fossilized tooth, what would this ancient organism have eaten?

• fruits

• plants

• meat

• water only

What part of an animal becomes a fossil?

• bones

• muscles

• hair

• heart

Fossils of fish are found on a mountain top. What can we infer about the environment long ago?

• A bird brought them up there.

• Somebody left them there as a joke.

• The mountain was once covered by water.

Why are there fossils found of bones but not of skin or organs like a heart, lungs, muscles, or brain?

• The bones crush the organs.

• The soft parts decompose before they can turn into fossils.