Environmental Reconstruction Using Fossils

Questions

1. MultiChoice

   What does finding fossilized coral reef structures in a limestone cliff indicate about its past environment?

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   Discovering plant fossils with broad, smooth-edged leaves suggests the ancient climate was:

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   Fossilized shark teeth discovered high in the Rocky Mountains provide evidence that:

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   Finding fossilized palm fronds in Alaska tells scientists that Alaska's ancient climate was:

5. MultiChoice

   How do stomata (pore) counts on fossilized leaves inform scientists about ancient atmospheres?

6. MultiChoice

   Thick growth rings in fossilized tree trunks indicate that ancient growth seasons were:

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   The presence of extensive coal beds in North America indicates that ancient environments were once:

8. MultiChoice

   What can microscopic pollen fossils reveal about past environmental changes?

9. MultiChoice

   Finding fossilized freshwater clams alongside land mammal bones in a desert layer suggests:

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    How do paleontologists reconstruct ancient food webs in extinct ecosystems?

11. MultiChoice

    Dwarf mammal fossils discovered on ancient isolated islands indicate what ecological condition?

12. MultiChoice

    Why are fossil assemblages (groups of organisms found together) better than single fossils for climate study?