Generation Genius Earth's Landscapes

What evidence was found that this place was once under the ocean? ancient

• a shark tooth

• ancient saltwater

• dinosaur skeleton

• an old boat

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What provides evidence of past life?

• microscope

• books

• weather data

• fossils

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Where did the silt surrounding the fossils come from?

• mountains

• ocean

• plains

• glacier

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What do these fossils provide evidence for?

• whales were once found here

• an ocean was once found her

• dinosaurs were once found here

• non of the above

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What is a rock layer with lots of skeletons called?

• bone bed

• bone pile

• river bed

• biological layer

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Which rocks are the youngest in this photo?

• the rocks at the top

• the rocks at the bottom

• the rocks on the right side

• the rocks on the left side

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How do scientists accurately determine how old a fossil is?

• count rings

• radiocarbon dating

• radio waves

• compare to other fossils

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What formed the Grand Canyon?

• a river

• dinosaurs

• a glacier

• humans

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What is the study of fossils called?

• dinosaur science

• fossilology

• paleontology

• archaeology

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Which of these caused the Sharktooth Hill bone bed to form?

• a river stopped and started flowing

• volcanic eruption

• sharks ate all the animals

• major earthquake

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