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The map shows where woolly mammoth and Columbian mammoth fossils have been found in North America. What kind of information does this map provide for paleontologists?

• The range of each mammoth species

• The seasonal migration routes of mammoths

• Where mammoths were most hunted

• Where mammoths moved as the climate changed

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In what type of rock would you most likely find fossils?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

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Of all the organisms alive today, what percentage do you think will eventually become fossils?

• Less than 10%

• 10-25%

• 25-50%

• More than 50%

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What is paleontology?

• The study of fishes

• The study of life in the past

• The study of plants

• The study of insects

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The fossil record help scientists

• better understand the kind of organism that lived in the past
• better understand how the environment has changed over time
• better understand how organisms have evolved over time 
• all of the above

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A geologist discovers a fossil in different layers of rock. Which layer is the oldest? 

• the fossils in the upper rock layers
• the fossils in the lower rock layers

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Fossil evidence can be used by scientists to prove which of the following?

• Organisms have been changing over time
• All of the organism that have ever lived on Earth have been discovered
• Organisms of the past are identical to those living today
• Organisms with bones and shells are more common than those that lack ( do not have) these structures

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The millions of fossils that scientists have collected are called

• The Geologic Time Scale
• The Origin of Species
• The Fossil Record
• A really neat fossil collection

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