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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the meaning of sedimentary rock as it is used in page 1?
rock made in a mountain
rock made from layers of mud and sand
rocks made from layers of fossils
- 2. Multiple Choice
What do paleontologists learn from studying fossils in sedimentary rock?
They learn about mud and sand from the past.
They learn about mountains from the past.
They learn about plants and animals from the past.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which section tells the reader about how paleontologists study fossils to learn about animals from long ago?
Rock Layers
Learning from Fossils
Earth Long Ago
- 4. Multiple Choice
Inform means “to give knowledge.” What might the word information mean?
knowledge or facts about something
gifts for someone
how something is made
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is the meaning of the word past as it is used in page 2?
all of the time before now
all of the plants and animals
all of rocks in the earth
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is the meaning of the word study as it is used in page 3?
to look closely
to prepare
to find fossils
- 7. Multiple Choice
What might paleontologists learn when they find a fossil of a fish on top of a mountain?
that the place was once under water
that the fish got lost
that the fossils are hard to get
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is the main idea of page 3?
The Earth has changed.
Fossils have changed.
Mountains have fossils
- 9. Multiple Choice
Why did the author write “Fossils and the Earth Long Ago”?
to explain what we learn by studying fossils
to explain what fossils might look like
to explain how to find fossils
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