Use fossils to provide evidence of organisms

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3rd Grade Science › Use fossils to provide evidence of organisms

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How does a fossil tell us about an organism that lived in the past?

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Gordon Hubbell and a crew of fossil hunters were digging holes in the desert of Peru in 1988. This desert is one of the driest places on Earth. It gets almost no rain. Hubbel was digging and found jawbones and more than 200 sharp teeth. He is an expert in fossilized sharks, so he recognized the teeth right away. They were shaped like triangles and came to a very sharp point. They belonged to a distant relative of the great white shark!

How could Hubbell "prove" that these teeth were from a relative of the great white shark?

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What is an organism? Example: Fossils can be used to learn about organisms that lived during a time humans were not around to study them.

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Fossils can provide evidence about organisms. Which statement is something fossils CANNOT tell us about a plant or animal?

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Almost all previous plants and animals became fossils.

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Fossils can provide evidence about organisms. Which statement is something fossils can tell us about a plant or animal?

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Scientists found a fossil of a tooth in the dirt. They want to predict what this organism ate based on the shape of the tooth.

Which answer choice is most reasonable?

Nature, Sand, Rock, Animal, Beach

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Scientists on an expedition recently found the fossil below. What assumption can the scientists make about this dinosaur?

Horned, Museum, Dinosaur, Prehistoric

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A group of researchers found the fossils below on a dig. What assumptions can they make about these organisms?

Fish, Fossil, Fossilized, Dead, Skeleton

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What is a fossil?

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