Fossils

Fossils

5th - 7th Grade

11 Qs

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Fossils

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a fossil?

The full remains of previously living organisms.

A record of previous environmental and tectonic changes.

The hardened or trace remains of some previously living organisms.

A really old adult.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens in petrification?

Minerals replace or move into the structure of a previously living organism.

A fossil is shocked into formation.

Rocks that form from an organism.

A calcified version of the hard parts of a previously living organism.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of fossil is best used to determine how a previously living organism once behaved?

Petrified Fossils

Trace Fossils

Molds

Casts

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How can a we track organism evolution by looking at fossils (there can be more than one correct option)?

We place fossils onto a geologic time scale.

We compare fossils to today's organisms.

We identify where the fossil lived.

We trace fossil structure of similar looking fossils throughout geologic history.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the fossil record?

A record of a single fossil throughout time.

A record of changes between two fossils.

A record of where fossils are found around Earth.

A record of all fossils throughout Earth's history.

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What conditions must be in place for a fossil to form?

A fossil needs to be exposed to Earth's surface (through erosion or uplift).

An organism needs to be rapidly buried.

A fossil must lay undisturbed for a very long period of time.

An organism must die during competition.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many organisms are preserved in the fossil record?

Most.

None.

All.

Few.

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