Fossils Assignment

Which of these is most likely to become a carbon film?

• a dinosaur leg bone

• a sea creature's shell

• a flowering plant

• a tree trunk

Choose the image that shows a cast.

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Which sources would preserve the soft tissues of an early mammal? Check all that apply.

• amber in Russia

• frozen soil in the Arctic

• shale in Virginia

• ice sheets in Greenland

• foraminifera in the ocean

Which statements about this area are true based on what you know about petrified fossils? Check all that apply.

• The area was once a forest.

• The area was uplifted.

• The area was void of organic material.

• The area was probably covered by water.

• The area was covered by volcanic material.

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Recall what you learned about the state of Virginia. Choose the statements that describe the paleontology of the state. Check all that apply.

• The rocks in Virginia represent many periods in history.

• Virginia was once covered by a sea.

• Virginia’s fossils include woolly mammoths.

• The Allegheny Plateau includes coal deposits.

• The state’s climate was once warm and humid, like a tropical jungle.

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Paleontologists have discovered several ancestors of the modern horse.

Based on the skeleton, the skull, and the leg bones, which fossil is the oldest?

• Mesohippus

• Equus

• Pliohippus

• Merychippus

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Paleontologists have discovered several ancestors of the modern horse.

Based on the skeleton, the skull, and the leg bones, which fossil is most like a modern horse?

• Equus

• Mesohippus

• Merychippus

• Pliohippus

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Paleontologists have discovered fossils of related fish species that evolved into land animals. The images are artistic representations of these creatures.

The most recent is Pederpes at the bottom.

Use your knowledge of developmental changes to order the fish from earliest to most recent. Choose the correct order

• 3,2,4,1

• 2,3,1,4

• 4,2,1,3

• 1,2,3,4

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