Fossils: What Happened Before

The preserved parts or traces of animals and plants that lived in the past.

• sediment

• fossil

• decay

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Small pieces of rock-

• imprint

• weathering

• sediment

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A mark or depression made by pressure-

• decay

• imprint

• sediment

In order for a fossil to be made, the conditions have to be just right-

• True

• False

When a fossil is made, how soon must the organism be covered with sediment when it dies?

• quickly

• slowly

An area is currently a forest. What evidence would best indicate that this area was covered by water millions of years ago?

• An increase in rainfall in the forest over time

• Presence of plants in the forest that need water to live

• Fossils of fish discovered in rocks below the forest

• Insects living in the forest that lay their eggs in water

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Fossils are best used as evidence about which of these?

• The processes that change rocks over time

• How best to conserve natural resources

• The plants and animals that lived long ago

• What forces drive the water cycle on Earth

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When a fossil is found it tells us about the Earth's environment at the time.

• True

• False

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If looking at layers of sediment in the earth, which layer is the youngest?

• the top

• the middle

• the bottom

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In the rock layers below the Antarctic, a region currently covered in ice, scientists have discovered the remains of plants that usually live only in very warm climates. What is the most reasonable conclusion for scientists to draw from this evidence?

• The antarctic will be covered in ice for millions of years.

• The climate in the antarctic was very different in the past.

• These plants have adapted to live in the antarctic.

• The antarctic has daylight for only six months of the year.

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