Fossils Review

The preserved part or trace of an animal or plant that lived in the past.

• environment

• fossils

• extinct

• bones

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

When a group or species is no longer living, they are called ___________.

• fossils

• extinct

• environment

• organisms

Students notice a fossils of seaweed in a rock and found in a forest in the middle of Georgia. What conclusion could they form based on this evidence?

• Part of Georgia was once under salt water.

• Weathering and erosion breaks down rocks.

• Trees in the forest need sunlight in order to grow.

• Ancient animals ate seaweed to get energy.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Students layered a container with sand and soil. They added a small chicken bones between the layers. What step in the process of making fossils does this model?

• water carries minerals through the soil

• plants give energy to animals

• earthquakes push fossils to the surface

• parts of living things are buried

What can we learn from studying fossils in a certain area?

• how much sunlight an area received

• the direction the wind blew in the past

• how much rain fell in the area

• the kinds of animals that lived in the area

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Scientists discovered a woolly mammoth. Every part of the animal was preserved. What might the animal have been preserved in?

• tree sap

• water

• ice

• rock

What is the space, conditions, and all the living and nonliving things around an organism?

• fossils

• environment

• extinct

• home

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3