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Fossil Web Quest Worksheet
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|Answer before Web Quest |Answer same questions during Web Quest |
|Answer each of the following questions as best you can. Make a wild guess if you|Write the answer given by the web site. |
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|1) What is a fossil? |1) What is a fossil? |
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|2) What is the fossil record? |2) What is the fossil record? |
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|3) Write down one of the question that fossils can answer. |3) Write down one of the question that fossils can answer. |
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|4a) Give an example of a body part fossil of an ancient organism (hint, think of|4a) Give an example of a body part fossil of an ancient organism (hint, think |
|animals and plant body parts). |of animals and plant body parts). |
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|4b) Give an example of a fossil that shows a trace of an ancient organism. |4b) Give an example of a fossil that shows a trace of an ancient organism. |
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|5) Why is a quick burial helpful in the fossilization process? |5) Why is a quick burial helpful in the fossilization process? |
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|6) What process would create a fossil of a walnut, dinosaur egg, or plant stem? |6) What process would create a fossil of a walnut, dinosaur egg, or plant |
| |stem? |
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|7) Describe one of the ways a fossil be preserved besides being buried in |7) Describe one of the ways a fossil be preserved besides being buried in |
|sediment. (Hint, think of the La Brea tar pits or Jurassic Park movie.) |sediment. (Hint, think of the La Brea tar pits or Jurassic Park movie.) |
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|8) Which is most likely to fossilize, a clam or a jellyfish? Explain your |8) Which is most likely to fossilize, a clam or a jellyfish? Explain your |
|answer. |answer. |
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|9) Rate how good or bad these environments are for creating fossils. (1 is great|9) Rate how good or bad these environments are for creating fossils. (1 is |
|and 4 is terrible.) |great and 4 is terrible.) |
|___ Lakes ___ Ocean floor (“Benthic ocean”) |___ Lakes ___ Ocean floor (“Benthic ocean”) |
|___Rain forests ___ Rocky ocean shore (“Intertidal zone”) |___Rain forests ___ Rocky ocean shore (“Intertidal zone”) |
|10) Of the organisms alive now, what percentage will eventually become fossils? |10) Of the organisms alive now, what percentage will eventually become |
|Circle the best answer below. |fossils? Circle the best answer below. |
|a. Less than 10% c. 25% -50% |a. Less than 10% c. 25% -50% |
|b.10% -25% d. More than 50% |b.10% -25% d. More than 50% |
|11) What are two processes that might destroy a fossil after it has been |11) What are two processes that might destroy a fossil after it has been |
|formed? (Hint: Remember your 6th Grade Earth Science.) |formed? (Hint: Remember your 6th Grade Earth Science.) |
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|a) |a) |
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|b) |b) |
|12) Circle the t type of rock you would most likely find fossils. (Hint: Read |12) Circle the t type of rock you would most likely find fossils. (Hint: Read|
|page 224 in textbook to review types of rocks.) |page 224 in textbook to review types of rocks.) |
|a. igneous c. sedimentary |a. igneous c. sedimentary |
|b. metamorphic d. all of the above |b. metamorphic d. all of the above |
| |If you finish early, go to website in footnote below:[1] |
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[1] I recommend the “Geologic Time” story.
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