Rock and Fossil Review

What helps us to study Earth's history?

• Books
• Rocks
• Trees
• Plants

What can become a fossil?

• People and plants
• People
• Plants and animals
• Only animals

How many major types of rock are there?

• One
• Two
• Three
• Four

Which of the following is NOT a type of rock?

• Fossil
• Igneous
• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic

True or False: If fossils are deeper in the ground, they are older than fossils closer to the surface.

• True
• False

True or False: Fossils can help us study what life is like in the past.

• True
• False

What type of fossil contains an animal's footprints, burrows, or tracks?

• Cast Fossil
• Mold Fossil
• Trace Fossil
• Body Fossil

What type of fossil is formed when water seeps into the rock and breaks down the hard parts of the organism leaving behind an imprint of the plant or animal?

• Cast Fossil
• Mold Fossil
• Trace Fossil
• Body Fossil

What type of fossil is the remains of an entire organism?

• Cast Fossil
• Mold Fossil
• Trace Fossil
• Body Fossil

What type of fossil is formed when minerals and mud fill the fossil and take the shape of the once living organism?

• Cast Fossil
• Mold Fossil
• Trace Fossil
• Body Fossil