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Mr. Steury's Fossils
Mr. Steury's Fossils
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7TH GRADE EARTH SCIENCE FOSSILS
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1
How did they finally figure out continental drift?
Sea currents
Studying Fossils
Solar flares
Bart Simpson said so
2
What BIOLOGICAL informationcould you learn by studying fossils?
how CLIMATES have changed over time
how THINKING has changedover time
how ORGANISMS have changedover time
how COMPUTERS have changedover time
3
What percentage of living things don't become fossilized?
11.11%
99.99%
1%
50%
4
A mold that has been filled in with sediments which take the shape of a once-living thing?
Cast
Preserved Remains
Donut
Mold
5
Scientists study rocks and _______________ to learn about the Earth's history
Insects
Air
Water
Fossils
6
In what type of rock are most fossils preserved?
Igneous
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
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What type of fossil is this?
Trace
Petrified
Cast
Mold
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Rock
A
is afossil that looks like organisms alive today but
B
isn't like any current organism
What?
B is older than A
A is older that B
A is the same as B
9
Imagine that you found this fossil on a mountaintop.
This trace fossil is older than the mountaintop.
This organism is now extinct.
The mountaintop is made of metamorphic rock.
Uplifted from an ocean.
10
You find a fossil in the desert you know that it was a ocean - what won't you likely find
Whales
Sharks
Limestone
Maple Tree
