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Which layer is the youngest?
A
B
C
D
E
Which layer is the oldest?
A
B
C
D
Which fossil is the youngest?
Trilobite
Skeleton
Ammonite
The Esposito family went hiking on a tall mountain. Mrs. Esposito picked up a shell fossil on the top of the mountain. The fossil was once a shelled organism that lived in the ocean. The family had different ideas about how the fossil ended up there. Who do you agree with the most?
Mrs. Esposito: A bird picked up the organism and dropped the shell as it flew over the mountain.
Mr. Esposito: Water, ice or wind eventually carried the fossil to the top of the mountain.
Rosa: A mountain formed in an area that was once covered by an ocean.
Sophia: The fossil flowed out of a volcano that rose up from the ocean floor.
Whose idea do you most agree with and why? Describe your ideas about how a fossil could end up at the top of a tall mountain.
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