Patterns of Earths Changing Features TEST REVIEW

People who study fossils are called ____.

• meterologists
• fossilologists
• paleontologists
• fossil hunters

Which of the following is NOT an example of a fossil?

• a petrified dinosaur bone
• a footprint captured in mud
• a seashell found on the beach
• an insect stuck in amber

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Which of the following is NOT something you could learn from a fossil?

• The size of the animal
• What the animal ate
• The color of the animal
• Where the animal lived

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In which kind of rock do we usually find a fossil?

• sedimentary  rock
• metamorphic rock
• igneous rock

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Where can the oldest layer be found?

• The top layer
• The middle layer
• They are all the same age
• The bottom layer

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How are fossils created?

• Traces of organisms get turned into stone.

• Dead organisms are quickly buried for millions of years.

• Animals get trapped in sap.

• All of these answers create fossils

Some students made a model to show one of the first steps in the formation of sedimentary rock.  The students pour 2 cm of light-colored sand into a clear plastic box.  Then they add 1 cm of gravel.  Finally, they pour 2 cm of dark-colored sand on top of the gravel.  Which characteristic of sedimentary rock does this model best show?

• Sedimentary rock is made of layers.
• Sedimentary rock is cemented bits of rock.
• Sedimentary rock is often limestone.
• Sedimentary rock is common in Texas.

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Which layer formed first?

• Rock Layer W
• Rock Layer X
• Rock Layer Y
• Rock Layer Z

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A scientist is seeking rocks that formed at the mouth of a river.  The fossils of which of the following would be the best evidence that rocks were formed under these conditions?

• freshwater birds
• large animals
• flying insects
• tropical bats

Finding fossils in an area can help us learn what about that location?

• Which places in the region receive the most sunlight
• The effect of the climate on the formation of the soil
• How modern plants and animals interact there
• The kinds of organisms that lived there long ago

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