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- 1. Multiple Choice
A ______________________________ is someone who studies what life was like long ago.
fossil record
evidence
paleontologist
preserved
- 2. Multiple Choice
A fossil is well ________________________ which means that it kept the characteristics of the organism over a long period of time.
fossil record
preserved
organism
nature
- 3. Multiple Choice
The scientist had to provide ________________, or information that supports their idea to make a claim.
evidence
organism
nature
fossil record
- 4. Multiple Choice
A fossil can be any living thing also known as a(n) ___________________________.
organism
fossil record
paleontologist
evidence
- 5. Multiple Choice
The ________________________________ is the number of fossils that have been found in the world by scientists.
evidence
organism
fossil record
paleontologist
- 6. Multiple Choice
________________________ is how something is without human interaction.
organism
nature
fossil record
preserved
- 7. Multiple Choice
The table gives information on different fossils. Which fossil would tell us that the area had been covered with trees in the past?
snail shell
scorpion
dragonfly
millipede
- 8. Multiple Choice
The map shows where fossil plants were found. The table shows the habitat where these plants grew in the past. In which area on the map was there previously an ocean?
Area A
Area B
Area C
Area D
- 9. Multiple Choice
Below the ice in the Arctic are rocks with fossils. Some fossils found there are of plants that only grow in warm places. Finding this fossil here can tell us what?
The land was not always in a cold area.
Some plants can grow in rocks.
Rock is always covered in ice.
The Arctic is not a very cold place.
- 10. Multiple Choice
The diagram shows one rock layer on top of another. The table shows the habitats of different plants and animals. Using this information, what was the order of habitats in this area?
Forest and then sea shore
sea shore and then desert
swamp and then forest
sea shore and then forest
- 11. Multiple Choice
We can study fossils to learn about what?
what the weather will be like tomorrow
what plants and animals lived long ago
how living things need rocks to live
how a mountain forms
- 12. Multiple Choice
A scientist who studies ancient plants and animals is called a paleontologist.
true
false
- 13. Multiple Choice
A bug stuck in tree sap that later became a fossil is called a body fossil.
true
false
- 14. Multiple Choice
The fossil record is the number of all of the fossils that have been found so far on earth.
true
false
- 15. Multiple Choice
Our knowledge of dinosaurs has not changed because we already know everything there is to know about dinosaurs.
true
false
- 16. Multiple Choice
What does decay mean?
energy and nutrients are returned to the soil
to completely die off
to become a fossil
a fossil becomes alive again
- 17. Multiple Choice
Why would a scientist find seashells and crab fossils in a desert?
It used to be an ocean like habitat before it was a desert.
Another scientist placed them there to be funny.
Seashells and crabs used to live in deserts a long time ago.
- 18. Multiple Choice
A bug in amber is what type of fossil?
trace fossil
mold fossil
body fossil
resin fossil
- 19. Multiple Choice
A fossil of an entire body of a turtle would be what type of fossil?
trace fossil
mold fossil
body fossil
resin fossil
- 20. Multiple Choice
Footprints would be what type of fossil?
Trace fossil
Mold fossil
Body fossil
Resin fossil
- 21. Multiple Choice
A shell imprint is what type of fossil?
Trace fossil
Mold fossil
Body fossil
Resin fossil
- 22. Multiple Choice
How do footprints/trackways help scientists better understand dinosaurs?
They show how many dinosaurs walked the planet.
They show how fast or slow a dinosaur moved.
They show that dinosaurs could fly.
They only show how the dinosaurs moved when it was cold.
- 23. Multiple Choice
How did flat teeth of some dinosaurs help them eat food?
Flat teeth helped them grind plants.
Flat teeth helped them tear through meat.
Flat teeth helped them pull seeds out of fruit.
Flat teeth helped them crush bone.
- 24. Multiple Choice
When something is completely wiped out, it is ________________.
prey
populated
examined
extinct
- 25. Multiple Choice
A polar habitat today was ALWAYS a polar habitat in the past.
true
false
- 26. Multiple Choice
Amber is made from tree sap.
true
false
- 27. Multiple Choice
Petrified wood is an example of a trace fossil.
true
false
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