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Fossils Quiz

Authored by Katherine Burke

Science

3rd Grade

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Fossils Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A scientist is trying to learn about extinct animals. Which would be the BEST method of studying an extinct animal?

Studying pictures

Studying them at the zoo

Studying fossil of their remains from the past

Studying their bones that were left behind

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Fossils help paleontologists in many ways. Which is one importance of studying fossils?

they tell us about living organisms

they tell us about the history of the Earth

they may come back to life

they tell us about future organisms

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following BEST describes a fossil?

The marks or remains of a plant or animal that lived long ago

The marks or remains of a dinosaur

The marks or remains of a plant or animal that is still living today

The marks or remains of an ocean creature

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is one of the steps that have to occur in order for a living thing to become a fossil?

The living thing must have a skeleton

The living thing must have a hard outer shell

The living thing must die by drowning in water

The living thing must be dead for a very long time

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Karen found a fossil of a leaf in a rock. What can you infer about how the fossil formed?

Someone pressed the leaf against a soft rock

The leaf fell into soil that later became a rock

The leaf melted into the rock

The leaf grew inside the rock

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A scientist discovered a fish fossil in the Georgia Mountains. What can the scientist infer about this discovery?

Birds carried the fossils to the mountain top

Georgia was once under water

Georgia mountains have sea life

Someone put the fossil there

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which animal part would MOST LIKELY form a fossil?

Muscle

Fur

Lung

Bones

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