Fossils

If scientists found this fossil, what could they infer?

• what fish are like today
• that this fish lacked oxygen
• what kind of animal ate this fish
• that water once covered the area

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which of the following can scientists learn from a fossil of a shark's tooth?

• how good the shark's eyesight was

• how large the shark was

• what the shark ate just before it died

• how fast the shark swam

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

A Paleontologist finds a fossil of a fish on top of a mountain. She can infer that the area was once

• a desert

• underwater

• much colder

• much warmer

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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What could the fossil of a tooth tell us about an animal from long ago?

• how many babies it had

• where it lived

• if it snowed

• what the animal might have eaten

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Fossils are most often preserved in what type of rock?

• sedimentary
• foliated
• igneous
• metamorphic

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What type of fossil is this?

• Mold
• Cast
• Preserved remains
• Trace fossil

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

this type of fossil is a mark or cavity made in sediment in the shape of a shell or other body

• cast
• trace
• petrified
• mold

this type of fossil is created when an organism's tissue is replaced by minerals

• cast
• mold
• amber
• petrified

Scientists who study fossils are called

• Geologists
• Paleontologists
• Fossil Scientists
• Meteorologists

What can NOT become a fossil?

• plants

• animals

• soft body parts

• rocks

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1