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I found fossils of trilobites in several layers of rock. No other trilobites have been found in the top four layers of rock. What conclusions can you draw from this?
a) Trilobites became extinct.
b) Trilobites weren't dying anymore.
c) Trilobites never exhisted.
d) It doesn't tell you anything.

What can you tell from the fossil of a dinosaur?
a) its exact age
b) the texture of its skin
c) its color
d) its size

What can you NOT tell from the fossil of a plant impression?
a) the size of the plant
b) the color of the plant
c) the shape of the plant
d) the length of the plant's leaves

Fossils of an animal are found in many layers of rock. What conclusions can you draw from this?
a) The animal is very large.
b) The animal is a great digger.
c) The animal has been around for a long time.
d) It doesn't tell you anything.

Fossils of ocean animals are found in the Piedmont of Virginia. What conclusions can you draw from this?
a) The animals traveled up the James River.
b) The Piedmont used to be covered by ocean.
c) The animals used to have legs.
d) It doesn't tell you anything.

Fossils are mostly found in
a) igneous rock
b) metamorphic rock
c) magma rock
d) sedimentary rock

What is a fossil?
a) very old rocks
b) the preserved remains of organisms
c) the skin from dinosaurs
d) rock formed from bits of sediment

Which is NOT something that can become a fossil?
a) fur
b) shell
c) bone
d) footprint

About how old is Earth?
a) 100 million years
b) 1.5 billion years
c) 4.6 billion years
d) 100 billion years

Preserve means
a) to melt
b) to breakdown into small pieces
c) to change shape
d) to make last longer

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