Fossils

True or False. All fossils come from dinosaurs.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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What provides scientific evidence of past life?

• history books

• timelines

• stories

• fossils

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A family was hiking on a mountain and found several fossils, including a shark tooth and a clam shell.  How has the area changed?

• It used to warmer.
• It used to be colder.
• It used to be an ocean.
• It used to be a desert.

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What information can a fossilized plant give scientists?

• what color the plants were long ago
• what kind of animals existed long ago
• what dinosaurs looked like long ago
• what environments were like long ago

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Which would be an example of a fossil?

• Sedimentary Rock

• Dinosaur Footprint

• Oyster Pearl

• Rotting Log

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2. Which type of fossil is this?

• Body Fossil
• Trace Fossil

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

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This type of fossil is a mold filled with sediment that creates a solid 3D copy of an organism

• mold

• petrified

• cast

• trace

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This type of fossil provides evidence of the activities of ancient organisms; examples include marks left by footprints or tails

• mold
• carbon film
• trace
• cast

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Fossils are the remains of _____________.

• shells

• dinosaurs

• plants and animals

• extinct animals

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