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Dino Extinction

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How do we know that different kinds of plants and animals lived in Utah a long time ago?   We found fossils of them.  
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Which of the following animals used to live in Utah but does not now?   Mammoth  
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What is a common cause of plant and animal extinction?   The climate changes  
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What do dinosaur tracts in coal bead tell us about biomes in Utah's past?   Utah once had large swamps  
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What evidence shows that parts of Utah were once the seafloor of an ancient ocean?   Trilobites found in limestone in Millard County  
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What have scientists learned about oceans from fossils?   Oceans have changed in size and location  
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What might a scientist tell from seashell fossils found on top of a mountain?   The mountain was once part of the ocean bottom  
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Why is a fossil dinosaur bone much heavier than the original bone, it was made from?   It is now made of minerals  
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How does the fossilized skeleton of a dinosaur similar to the modern skeleton of a lizard?   They have back bones and tails  
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Which rock type would be best for finding fossils?   sedimentary  
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Why are the soft parts of a sharks body not preserved as a fossil?   They rotted before fossiliztion could occur  
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Which would be an example of a fossil?   Dinosaur footprint  
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Where are prehistoric animals preserved as whole animals?   In amber  
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Erin brought a piece of a sandstone to school that had some ripples in it. What might it be it a fossil of?   Wave marks on a beach  
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