by BlastRoom
Students use fossils and rock layers to infer past organisms and environments.
#us_grade_5_science

20 questions
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Bid on mystery lots. Most money wins.
Sell tours. Nice, standard, or a total scam.
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Answer, then shoot down the alien wave.
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A fossil sea shell is found in rock high on a mountainside. What does this fossil show about that place long ago?

A class finds a fern fossil inside a dark coal sample. What does the fossil give evidence for?

A fossil fish skeleton is found in dry desert rock. What is the best conclusion about the area long ago?

A leaf fossil shows a wide leaf with many veins. What can scientists learn from this fossil?

A dinosaur footprint fossil is found in hardened mudstone. What does the footprint show about the dinosaur?

A fossil of a clam is found with many similar shells in a limestone cliff. What does the fossil group suggest about the past environment?

A fossilized insect is found in hardened tree sap. What does it tell scientists about the organism?

A fossil trackway shows many small footprints crossing ripple marks. What can the tracks and ripples show about the place long ago?

A dead fish is quickly buried by mud at the bottom of a pond. Why is this a good start for fossil formation?

Why are fossil bones and shells found more often than fossil skin or fur?

A leaf falls into a lake and is covered by fine mud with little disturbance. What could happen over a long time?

An animal dies on open dry ground and is not buried for many days. Why is a fossil less likely to form?

A shell is buried in layers of sand, and minerals slowly fill tiny spaces in it. What may form over a long time?

A worm crawls over wet sediment and leaves a trail. The trail is buried before waves erase it. What kind of evidence can form?

A paleontologist finds a fossil with mineral-filled spaces where bone once was. Is the fossil usually the original bone unchanged?

A fern fossil is in a lower rock layer, and a beetle fossil is in a layer above it. If the layers stayed in order, which fossil is older?

A shell fossil lies below a leaf fossil in stacked rock layers that have not been turned over. Which fossil formed first?

A footprint fossil is in the bottom layer, and a fish fossil is in the top layer. The layers are still flat. Which fossil is younger?

A trilobite fossil is in the lowest layer, a shell fossil is in the middle, and a leaf fossil is on top. Which fossil is oldest?

A bone fossil is in a layer above a plant fossil, and the layers have not been folded or flipped. The layer order tells exactly how many years old the bone fossil is.

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Answer, then swat bugs for bonus points.
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Same question on every screen. Fastest wins.

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40 questions