Fossil Quiz 2

The youngest fossils would be found in which layer of rock?

• Top layer of rock
• Middle layer of rock
• Bottom layer of rock 

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What type of fossil is an imprint in a rock?

• cast 
• trace 
• mold
• whole/part 

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The following are characteristics of which rock type:
made of broken pieces of rock, sand, and shell, straight layers, contains fossils

• Metamorphic
• Igneous
• Sedimentary
• None

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is a name for hardened tree sap that helps preserve whole organisms?

• silt 
• mineral
• amber
• honey

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which fossil type show an animal's movement or behavior?

• cast fossils
• trace fossils
• whole/part fossils
• mold fossils

What are some materials that would preserve an animals whole body?

• tar 
• ice 
• amber
• all of the above

What do rock layers and fossils tell us about the history of our location? 

• past environment
• clues about organisms that lived long ago
• how the Earth's surface has changed overtime
• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Why is understanding the history of our earth and the landscape in which we live important to us?

• It helps us understand what the environment and landscape of the past
• It helps us understand how the landscape might changen in the future
• We can understand how animals and plants have changed overtime
• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Trace fossils can include

• imprints of an animal's body
• animal footprints
• a spider's body preserved in amber
• all of the above

What type of fossil is an imprint in a rock?

• cast 
• trace 
• mold
• whole/part