Fossils

What is a fossil?

• Part of an animal or plant preserved in rock

• A plant

• Part of a dead animal

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

True or False: These are fossils.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What are most fossils formed in?

• Wet mud and sand

• Candy

• Dry dirt and sand

• The cold

What else can fossils be formed in? Choose ALL correct answers!

• Tree Sap (amber)

• Ice

• Sugar

• Tar

True or False: These are fossils.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

True or False: When plants or animals die, they last for a long time.

• False

• True

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NGSS.3-LS1-1

What 3 things are needed for a fossil to form?

• 1. Slow death

  2. Slow burial

  3. Small amounts of mud covering

• 1. Death

  2. Quick burial

  3. Leaf covering

• 1. Death

  2. Quick burial

  3. Large covering of mud

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

True or False: Fossils require millions of years to form.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Fill in the blank: Fossils require exactly the _____ conditions to form.

• right

• warm

• small

• cold

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

When in history where the conditions exactly right for BILLIONS of fossils to be formed?

• The Civil War

• The Great Flood of Noah

• Easter

• Moses on Mount Sinai

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3