Chapter 3 Practice Test

A paleontologist studies which of the following

• artifacts

• fossils

• land bridges

• glaciers

Where did animals live in the Pennsylvanian Period?

• in the mountains

• in dense forests

• on rocky cliffs

• on dry, flat land

Which of the following is not a fossil?

• footprints

• skeletons

• cooking pots

• shells

What kind of climate did Pennsylvania have 300 million years ago?

• warm and wet

• warm and dry

• cold and dry

• cold and wet

Where were most of Pennsylvania's fossilized remains found?

• in caves

• under water

• in coal beds

• in sand

A trilobite is

• an artifact

• an extinct shelled animal

• a small dinosaur with wings

• an extinct underwater plant

Why are artifacts important to an archaeologist?

• They contain information about how people arrived in North America

• They provide information about weather long ago

• They show why animals became extinct

• They indicate how people lived

What happens at an archaeological site?

• Scientists search for rivers

• Scientists search for the remains of people and things from long ago

• Scientists re-create what they think life was like long ago.

• Paleontologists and archaeologists disagree about how people used to live

Which of the following is an artifact?

• skeleton

• spearhead

• leaf print

• trilobite

At Meadowcroft Rockshelter scientists found

• many trilobites

• only skeletons

• many plant and animal remains

• evidence only of plant life